Manuel Bravo (footballer, born 1993)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Johan Manuel Bravo Díaz | ||
| Date of birth | 15 February 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Molina, Maule, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back or Left midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Santiago Wanderers | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2011 | Colo-Colo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011– | Colo-Colo | 13 | (1) |
| 2012 | Colo-Colo B | 1 | (0) |
| 2013-2014 | → A.C. Barnechea (loan) | 28 | (1) |
| 2014-2015 | → Unión San Felipe (loan) | 31 | (4) |
| 2015- | → Santiago Wanderers (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012– | Chile U20 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 April 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 March 2012 | |||
Johan Manuel Bravo Díaz (born 15 February 1993) is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for Chilean Primera División club Santiago Wanderers as a left back and also as left midfielder.
Club career
Colo-Colo
Bravo was born in Molina, Maule Region and joined the Colo-Colo academy at the age of fifteen, coming to the club thanks to Fernando Astengo, the coach of the club's youth ranks.[1] When he arrived to the team, Bravo played as a striker, but after the departure of Astengo and the arrival of Luis Pérez as youth academy coach, he began to play in the left band.
In April 2011, after Roberto Cereceda's departure of the club before the Clausura Tournament left an opening in Colo-Colo's left band, because the other players in the position like Patricio Jerez and Álvaro Ormeño had not a good pace of game.[2] Bravo has been identified by manager Américo Gallego as a potential homegrown replacement for Cereceda, making after his competitive debut on 25 July, in a 3–0 home loss against Universidad Católica for the Copa Chile at the Estadio Monumental.[3] During the Copa Chile, he played four of six games for the local cup, in where Bravo played of very good form despite of the elimination of Colo-Colo in hands of Primera B side Lota Schwager.[4][5] On 24 August, he made his Chilean Primera División debut in a 3–1 home victory over Palestino. In that game he was used as left midfielder by his former coach in the youth ranks, Luis Pérez, after the departure of Gallego. That match he realized a good start, being replaced in the 72nd minute by Boris Rieloff. Following the appointment of Ivo Basay as coach, Bravo began to play as left back or defensive midfielder in the left band. After weeks with a good shape, on 16 October, against Católica at San Carlos, he played his worst game in the season in a 4–0 defeat, and also Bravo not made an appearance after that match.
References
- ^ "Manuel Bravo, el juvenil albo que busca su lugar". La Tercera.cl. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- ^ "Albos dejan de percibir US$ 2,5 millones". La Tercera.cl. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ "Universidad Católica doblegó sin problemas a Colo Colo por la Copa Chile". Cooperativa.cl. 25 July 2011.
- ^ "Siguen los fracasos: Colo Colo cayó ante Lota y quedó eliminado de Copa Chile". Emol.com. 22 July 2011.
- ^ "Colo Colo suma otro papelón en Copa Chile: eliminado tras caer con Lota". Dalealbo.cl. 21 July 2011.
External links
- Manuel Bravo at Soccerway
- Manuel Bravo at Football-Lineups.com
- BDFA Profile