| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jaime Alejandro Bravo Jeffery | ||
| Date of birth | 4 April 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Audax Italiano | ||
| Number | -- | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1993 | Barrabases Football Academy | ||
| 1994–2000 | Universidad Católica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2001–2002 | Unión Española | 9 | (0) |
| 2003 | Iberia Los Ángeles | - | (-) |
| 2004 | Curicó Unido | - | (-) |
| 2005–2007 | Unión Española | 30 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Ñublense | 67 | (1) |
| 2010 | Unión San Felipe | 27 | (0) |
| 2011 | Santiago Morning | 0 | (0) |
| 2012- | Audax Italiano | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 December 2010. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Jaime Alejandro Bravo Jeffery (born July 4, 1982 in Santiago), or simply Jaime Bravo, is a Chilean football goalkeeper, that is currently playing for Audax Italiano.
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Born in Santiago, the capital of Chile, Bravo started his career in 1990, at the age of eight at Barrabases Football Academy. In 1994, emerged through Club Deportivo Universidad Católica's youth system led by Fernando Carvallo. Carvallo was who nicknamed to the player as Sam, making a comparison with Barrabases comics character. After arrival of the coach Pablo Hewstone to the club, Bravo was expelled of the club due to his short height.
In 2001, Bravo signed for Unión Española, and he made his debut against Universidad Católica. Bravo was the fourth goalkeeper, but before the resignation of the first goalkeeper Nelson Cossio, the injury of Víctor Loyola and the expulsion of Alejandro Hoffman, Bravo was make his debut. In 2003, he was loaned to Iberia Los Ángeles, and he remained here during one season. In 2004, he return to Unión Española, but newlly was loaned, now to Curicó Unido. In 2005 he returned to Unión Española and now he remained in the club. After an incident protagonized by the Argentine goalkeeper Ignacio Carlos González on 8 May 2005, Bravo assumed the titularity in the team. In this match, González hit to the referee Enrique Osses, being sent off and arrested. However, Bravo played as titular during all tournament and he proclaimed champion of Torneo Apertura, winning a match against Coquimbo Unido in a 4-2 global result.
On December 2007, Bravo was transferred to Ñublense. With this club, Bravo contributed to the club qualifying to the playoffs in the first position of the table, after of 2-1 away win against Universidad Católica, in this match he safed a penalty to Rodrigo Toloza at 67'th minute, but he scored a own-goal in the next minute. His team was eliminated in semi-finals by Colo-Colo. Due to the first place in Torneo Apertura, Ñublense qualified to Copa Sudamericana 2008 for first time in its history, but the team was eliminated immediately for Sport Áncash of Peru in a 4-1 global result.
On December 2009, Bravo was transferred to Unión San Felipe. Due to the Copa Chile title obtained in 2009, Unión San Felipe qualified to Copa Sudamericana 2009. The team of Bravo played against Guaraní of Paraguay, in the first leg, Unión was draw in the last minute for 1-1 result, in the second Unión San Felipe newly draw 1-1, and the team had to go to the penalties, in the penalties Bravo saved four penalties and also he scored a penalty goal, finally thanks to Bravo, Unión San Felipe was win by 8-7. For the national tournament, Bravo saved three penalties against Santiago Wanderers, San Luis Quillota and Ñublense, Bravo saved seven penalties in total of the year.
Jaime Bravo played for Chile national football team in the U–17 and U–20 categories.
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