Bruno Aguiar
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bruno JoΓ£o Morais Aguiar | ||
Date of birth | 24 February 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Oriental | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
1990β2000 | Benfica | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Appsβ | (Gls)β |
2000β2005 | Benfica B | 47 | (4) |
2004β2005 | Benfica | 18 | (0) |
2002 | β Gil Vicente (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2002β2004 | β Alverca (loan) | 46 | (6) |
2006 | FBK Kaunas | 0 | (0) |
2006β2009 | Hearts | 61 | (10) |
2009β2014 | Omonia | 73 | (6) |
2014β | Oriental | 10 | (1) |
National team | |||
2001β2002 | Portugal U20 | 11 | (1) |
2001β2004 | Portugal U21 | 6 | (0) |
2005 | Portugal B | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:03, 20 February 2015 (UTC). β Appearances (Goals). |
Bruno JoΓ£o Morais Aguiar (born 24 February 1981) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder in Oriental.
After an unsuccessful spell with Benfica, although he contributed to the team's first Primeira Liga title in over one decade, he left the club in 2005, going on to play professionally in Scotland and Cyprus.
Club career
Benfica
Born in Lisbon, Aguiar grew in local S.L. Benfica's youth system, but spent the vast majority of his spell as a senior with the B-side. Additionally, he also served two loans, at Gil Vicente FC β six months β and F.C. Alverca, helping former Benfica farm team return to the top level in the second of his two full seasons, after which he returned to his alma mater.
Under Giovanni Trapattoni, hired for the 2004β05 campaign, Aguiar would make all of his appearances for Benfica's main squad, his first being a UEFA Champions League third qualifying round against R.S.C. Anderlecht on 10 August 2004 (1β0 home win, 1β3 aggregate loss). He also contributed with 18 matches (840 minutes) as the Reds won the domestic league for the first time since 1994; however, after the Italian was replaced by Ronald Koeman, he fell out of favour and was released from contract.
Hearts
In January 2006, Aguiar signed for FBK Kaunas, who immediately loaned him to Heart of Midlothian,[1] both clubs being owned by Vladimir Romanov. He made his club debut in a 1β2 defeat to Aberdeen in February, and made a further 11 appearances before the end of the season, helping the side finish in second place in the Scottish Premier League, with the addition of the Scottish Cup.[2]
2006β07 did not start so well for Aguiar, as he was sent off in the first leg of Hearts' Champions League third round qualifier against AEK Athens F.C., after receiving a second yellow card for throwing the ball away, when his team was leading 1β0 β the Greek utilised their subsequent one-man advantage to win it 2β1.[3]
A lengthy eighteen-month injury layoff soon followed for Aguiar, and he made his return to first team action in October 2008, in the Edinburgh Derby where he scored a free-kick to earn Hearts a draw. On 9 December he was awarded the Clydesdale Bank Premier League Player of the Month award for the previous month,[4] and ended the 2008β09 season as Hearts' top goal scorer with seven goals.
On 1 June 2009, Hearts confirmed Aguiar's departure following the expiration of his contract, leaving him free to sign with another club. He stated that he had enjoyed his time at the Tynecastle club, with the Scottish Cup victory and second-place finish in the league in 2006 being personal highlights, as well as wishing them the best for the future.[5]
Omonia
A free agent, Aguiar signed for AC Omonia from Cyprus in June 2009.[6] He left five years later at the age of 32, after helping the Nicosia club to five major titles.
But he returned to Portugal in 2014, singing for Oriental after spending 5 years with Omonia.[7]
International career
Aguiar was a member of the Portugal under-21 team that finished third at the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, and qualified for the Athens Olympics, along with several future full internationals, such as Raul Meireles, Bruno Alves, JosΓ© Bosingwa, Hugo Viana, Hugo Almeida and Danny; he did not make however, the final cut for the latter competition.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 20 February 2015
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Benfica | 2001β02[8] | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β | 0 | 0 | β | 0 | 0 | ||
2004β05[8] | Primeira Liga | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | β | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | β | 30 | 0 | |||
2005β06[8] | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β | 0 | 0 | β | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | β | 6 | 0 | β | 30 | 0 | ||||
Gil Vicente (loan) | 2001β02[8] | Primeira Liga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β | β | β | 3 | 0 | |||
Alverca (loan) | 2002β03[8] | Segunda Liga | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | β | β | β | 31 | 4 | |||
2003β04[8] | Primeira Liga | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | β | β | β | 17 | 2 | ||||
Total | 46 | 6 | 2 | 0 | β | β | β | 48 | 6 | |||||
Hearts | 2005β06[9] | Scottish Premier League | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β | β | 12 | 1 | ||
2006β07[10] | Scottish Premier League | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | β | 33 | 3 | ||
2007β08[11] | Scottish Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β | 0 | 0 | ||
2008β09[12] | Scottish Premier League | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β | β | 27 | 7 | |||
Total | 61 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | β | 72 | 11 | |||
Omonia | 2009β10[13] | Cypriot First Division | 15 | 1 | β | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | β | 19 | 1 | ||||
2010β11[13] | Cypriot First Division | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | β | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
2011β12[13] | Cypriot First Division | 18 | 3 | 5 | 2 | β | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 26 | 5 | ||
2012β13[13] | Cypriot First Division | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | β | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
2013β14[13] | Cypriot First Division | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β | 0 | 0 | β | 8 | 0 | |||
Total | 73 | 6 | 7 | 2 | β | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 8 | |||
Oriental | 2014β15[13] | Segunda Liga | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | β | β | 13 | 1 | ||
Career total | 212 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 256 | 26 |
- β 1.0 1.1 Appearances in UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League
- β 2.0 2.1 2.2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- β 3.0 3.1 Appearances in Cypriot Super Cup
Honours
Club
- Benfica
- Primeira Liga: 2004β05
- TaΓ§a de Portugal: Runner-up: 2004β05
- Supertaça CÒndido de Oliveira: Runner-up 2004
- Hearts
- Omonia
- Cypriot First Division: 2009β10
- Cypriot Cup: 2010β11, 2011β12
- LTV Super Cup: 2010, 2012
Individual
- Scottish Premier League: Player of the Month November 2008[14]
References
- β Romanov delivers big style; Scotsman, 1 February 2006.
- β Hearts 1β1 Gretna (4β2 on pens); BBC Sport, 13 May 2006
- β Hearts 1β2 AEK Athens; BBC Sport, 9 August 2006
- β Aguiar given monthly player award; BBC Sport, 9 December 2008
- β Bruno wishes Hearts well; Hearts' official website, 1 June 2009
- β Aguiar joins Omonia after Old Firm fail to make bid; Scotsman, 9 June 2009
- β "Bruno Aguiar issues word of warning to Ryan Gauld". Scotsman. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- β 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 "Foradejogo profile". Foradejogo. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- β "Matches played by Bruno Aguiar in 2005/06". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- β "Matches played by Bruno Aguiar in 2006/07". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- β "Matches played by Bruno Aguiar in 2007/08". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- β "Matches played by Bruno Aguiar in 2008/09". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- β 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 "Soccerway profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- β "Nov 08 Awards". CB Football. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
External links
- Stats and profile at Zerozero
- Bruno Aguiar profile at ForaDeJogo
- Bruno Aguiar career statistics at Soccerbase
- London Hearts profile