Bruno Vale
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bruno Miguel Esteves Vale | ||
| Date of birth | 8 April 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Mafamude, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Apollon Limassol | ||
| Number | 83 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vilanovense | |||
| 2000–2001 | Porto | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2001–2005 | Porto B | 117 | (0) |
| 2003–2010 | Porto | 1 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Estrela Amadora (loan) | 30 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → União Leiria (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Varzim (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Vitória Setúbal (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Belenenses (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Oliveirense | 57 | (0) |
| 2012– | Apollon Limassol | 42 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2001–2003 | Portugal U20 | 13 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Portugal U21 | 19 | (0) |
| 2003 | Portugal | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 January 2014. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Bruno Miguel Esteves Vale (born 8 April 1983 in Mafamude, Vila Nova de Gaia) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Apollon Limassol in Cyprus, as a goalkeeper.
Football career
A product of F.C. Porto's youth system, Vale was surprisingly picked for a Portugal friendly match against Kazakhstan (1–0) in August 2003, where he played 22 minutes as a substitute – at the time, he was only third-choice at his club.[1][2] The following year he represented the nation at the Summer Olympic Games, backing S.L. Benfica's José Moreira.
Subsequently, Vale played the 2005–06 season on loan to C.F. Estrela da Amadora in the top division,[3] also being selected to the nation's squad-of-23 at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. However, he injured his foot in a game against Germany in a 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship contest played in Portugal, and was forced to pull out of the squad.[4]
In 2006–07, Vale was loaned again, to first division outfit União de Leiria, where he went almost unnoticed the entire campaign, moving the following campaign to the second level with Varzim SC.
In July 2008 Vale was yet again loaned, spending the 2008–09 season at Vitória de Setúbal in the top level. The same happened in the following summer, and he again was backup or third-choice in the 2009–10 campaign, now at Lisbon-based C.F. Os Belenenses – an injury to Nélson Pereira eventually propelled him to the starting eleven, as the club suffered top flight relegation as second from bottom.
In the 2010 summer Vale was finally released by Porto, resuming his career with U.D. Oliveirense in division two.[5] On 26 June 2012 the 29-year-old moved abroad for the first time, signing a two-year contract with Apollon Limassol in the Cypriot First Division.
References
- ↑ "Surpresa nas Antas pela chamada de Bruno Vale" [Surprise in Antas at Bruno Vale callup] (in Portuguese). Record. 14 August 2003. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ "Bruno Vale e Cristiano Ronaldo satisfeitos por terem jogado" [Bruno Vale and Cristiano Ronaldo happy to have played] (in Portuguese). Record. 21 August 2003. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ "Porto put faith in young pair". UEFA.com. 30 July 2005.
- ↑ Bruno Vale's finals end in tears; UEFA.com, 27 May 2006
- ↑ "Bruno Vale renova por duas épocas" [Bruno Vale renews for two seasons] (in Portuguese). Record. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
External links
- Bruno Vale at footballzz.co.uk
- Stats at ForaDeJogo
- Bruno Vale at National-Football-Teams.com
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