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Bruno Alves is the founder and owner of the Portuguese football club [[Varzim S.C.]], currently playing in the [[Liga de Honra]]. [[Geraldo Alves]] and Bruno Alves both payed [[€]]50,000 each. Bruno Alves and [[Geraldo Alves |
Bruno Alves is the founder and owner of the Portuguese football club [[Varzim S.C.]], currently playing in the [[Liga de Honra]]. [[Geraldo Alves]] and Bruno Alves both payed [[€]]50,000 each. Bruno Alves and [[Geraldo Alves]] bought Portuguese legend [[João Manuel Vieira Pinto|João Pinto]]. |
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Revision as of 19:00, 2 February 2009
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Bruno Eduardo Regufe Alves | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
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Current team | FC Porto | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:19, 14 September 2008 (UTC) | |||
Bruno Eduardo Regufe Alves (born 27 November 1982 in Porto) is a Portuguese football player that plays as a central defender, currently for F.C. Porto.
He is noted for his strength, aerial ability and sometimes excessively aggressive approach to the game, and is the younger brother of another footballer, AEK Athens FC's defender Geraldo.
Football career
After three consecutive loans, two in Portugal and another in Greece, Alves returned to F.C. Porto in 2005-06, and battled for a first-team spot with Ricardo Costa and João Paulo. He played in seven league matches for the eventual champions, but was infamously sent off on October 15, 2005, in a 0-2 home loss against SL Benfica, after headbutting Nuno Gomes.
The arrival of Jesualdo Ferreira at the helm of FC Porto would signal the turning point in Alves’ career. He beat off stiff competition for a starting berth in the team alongside Pepe, and formed a rock solid partnership with the Brazilian. An impressive season saw the player, now in his mid twenties, finally come of age. Alves was ever-present as Porto won another national championship, and while the likes of Ricardo Quaresma, Anderson, Lucho González and Pepe picked up most of the plaudits, Alves’ key role in the success did not go unnoticed.
Luiz Felipe Scolari gave the defender his full Portugal debut in June 2007 against a team from Kuwait. In Euro 2008, Alves played in the 0-2 group stage loss against Switzerland.
Business
Bruno Alves is the founder and owner of the Portuguese football club Varzim S.C., currently playing in the Liga de Honra. Geraldo Alves and Bruno Alves both payed €50,000 each. Bruno Alves and Geraldo Alves bought Portuguese legend João Pinto.
Honours
- Portuguese League: 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08
- Portuguese Cup: 2005-06
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