Bruno Paulo Machado Barbosa

Bruno Paulo Machado Barbosa, or Bruno Paulo (born February 14, 1990 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian football player, currently playing for Desportivo Brasil.^[1]

Career

Bruno Paulo Machado Barbosa is a second striker and winger discovered by the junior team of Flamengo and who rose to the first team in 2009, when he was 19 years old.

Flamengo

From a humble background, like so many others who came and shone with the shirt of Flamengo, Bruno Paulo was born and raised in Niterói and arrived at Estádio da Gávea in 2000, when he was only 10 years old. He joined the soccer team, where he remained until 2002, when he opted to train at the soccer field and went to train with players of the junior category.

Nicknamed Ronaldinho, referring to the idol of the Brazilian team, the skillful Bruno became accustomed early on to the great responsibilities, so that later he rose to the juniors and has joined one of the most successful generations of this category at Flamengo.

Colleague names like Erick Flores, Fabricio and Camacho, just watching the athlete most of his companions climb to the first team or other teams will be on loan to gain experience, and stood quietly among the team's training base.

In 2009 however, the name of Bruno ended up being displayed to the great mass of red and black, and those who still did not know him, they learned about the red-black interest in trading in exchange for Bruno Paulo Ibson, which proved much the value half of the young, Ibson since that time, was one of the most famous athletes on the team, and had to pass an estimated $ 15 million.

Negotiations with the Porto, owns the rights Ibson were not ahead, and shortly after, Bruno Paulo was surprised as disputed Belo Horizonte Youth Cup. It is then that the coach Cuca, asked the player to return urgently to Rio de Janeiro, to compose the first time, the bench on the main team that would play against Barueri.

His first performances with the Flamengo shirt were quite praised. Now in its second match, in fact, crossed the ball into the goal that secured the first victory ever in official matches against Santos at Vila Belmiro. However, in 2009, the young player has a high applied for renewal of contract and became involved in an imbroglio with Flamengo, who preferred no longer use him until the end of his contract.

Palmeiras

There was no compromise with Flamengo from Brazil, so Bruno Paulo moved to sign a preliminary contract with Corinthians in 2009 and in 2010 he considered his transfer to a major rival of the red-blacks, Vasco da Gama, but then actually signing with Palmeiras for five years through the company's sports agency Traffic.^[2] Also, after only three months and the team from two games, the player was dismissed on the grounds of poor performance and bad behavior off the field, which has triggered this time specifically, on their way to Vasco.

Career statistics

(Correct as of December 10, 2010)

according to combined sources on the Flamengo official website^[3] and Flaestatística.^[4]

Honours

• Flamengo
  • Brazilian Série A: 2009

References

External links

• (Portuguese) ogol.com.br