| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bruno Alexandre Santos Patacas | ||
| Date of birth | November 30, 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988–1996 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1996–1997 | → Lourinhanense (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Sporting CP | 7 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Lourinhanense (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 1999–2000 | → Santa Clara (loan) | 23 | (1) |
| 2000–2002 | Campomaiorense | 53 | (0) |
| 2002–2011 | Nacional | 225 | (4) |
| National team | |||
| 1998–2000 | Portugal U21 | 29 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Bruno Alexandre dos Santos Patacas (born 30 November 1977 in Vila Franca de Xira, Lisbon) is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a right defender.
After unsuccessfully starting his career with Sporting, he went to represent other clubs before settling with Nacional, where he remained for nearly one decade, appearing in almost 300 official games.
A Sporting Clube de Portugal youth graduate, Patacas spent his first professional season with feeder club Sporting Clube Lourinhanense, not being very successful upon his return to the alma mater (three games during parts of 1997–98 and four more in the following, while also spending time at Lourinhanense).
After one more loan stint, with C.D. Santa Clara, Patacas was released, moving on to S.C. Campomaiorense (both these teams were also in the top flight) and then Madeira's C.D. Nacional in 2002–03, being an undisputed starter and often the only Portuguese player in the side's starting XI, in a squad filled with Brazilians. He was also eventually awarded club captaincy.
In 2007, a transfer was almost arranged with PFC CSKA Sofia, but Patacas ultimately stayed at Nacional, amassing a further 55 league matches in the following two seasons for the Madeirans, and qualifying to the UEFA Europa League in the second.
At the end of the 2010–11 season, Patacas announced his retirement due to injuries, at the age of 33. He was immediately appointed Nacional's director of football.[1]