Bruno Vale

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Bruno Vale
Personal information
Full name Bruno Miguel Esteves Vale
Date of birth April 8, 1983 (1983-04-08) (age 26)
Place of birth    Mafamude, Portugal
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Belenenses
Number 23
Youth career
Vilanovense
Senior career1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2001–2003
2003–
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008–2009
2009–2010
Porto B
FC Porto
Estrela Amadora (loan)
União Leiria (loan)
Varzim (loan)
Vitória Setúbal (loan)
Belenenses (loan)
117 (0)
1 (0)
30 (0)
2 (0)
7 (0)
7 (0)
5 (0)   
National team2
2004–2006
2003
Portugal U21
Portugal

1 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 8 February 2010.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 1 September 2009.
* Appearances (Goals)

Bruno Miguel Esteves Vale (born April 8, 1983 in Mafamude, Vila Nova de Gaia) is a Portuguese footballer currently playing for C.F. Os Belenenses on loan from F.C. Porto, as a goalkeeper.

[edit] 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 2003, where he played 22 minutes as a substitute. At the time, he was only third-choice at his club. The following year, Vale represented the nation at the Summer Olympics, backing S.L. Benfica's José Moreira.

Subsequently, Vale played 2005–06 on loan to C.F. Estrela da Amadora, 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.[1]

In 2006–07, Vale was loaned again, to first division União de Leiria, where he went almost unnoticed the entire season, and the following season dropped down a level, joining second division's Varzim SC.

On July 2008, he was yet again loaned, spending 2008–09 at Vitória de Setúbal; the same happened in the following summer, and he again was backup or third-choice in 2009–10, now at Lisbon-based C.F. Os Belenenses.

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