Bruno Patacas

Bruno Patacas
Personal information
Full name	Bruno Alexandre dos Santos Patacas
Date of birth	30 November 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth	Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
1988–1996	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–2000	Sporting CP
1996–1997	→ Lourinhanense (loan)
1999	→ Lourinhanense (loan)
1999–2000	→ Santa Clara (loan)
2000–2002	Campomaiorense
2002–2011	Nacional
Total
International career
1997–1998	Portugal U20
1998–1999	Portugal U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bruno Alexandre dos Santos Patacas (born 30 November 1977) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a right back.

After unsuccessfully starting his career with Sporting, he went to represent other clubs before settling with Nacional, where he remained for nearly one decade whilst appearing in almost 300 official matches.

Club career

A Sporting CP youth graduate, Patacas was born in Vila Franca de Xira, Lisbon, and spent his first professional season with farm team Sporting Clube Lourinhanense, not being very successful upon his return to the alma mater (three games during parts of 1997–98 and four more in the following, while also spending time at Lourinhanense).

After one more loan stint, with C.D. Santa Clara, Patacas was released, moving on to S.C. Campomaiorense – both these sides were also in the Primeira Liga – and then C.D. Nacional in the 2002–03 campaign, being an undisputed starter and often the only Portuguese player in the latter's starting XI, in a squad filled with Brazilians. He was also eventually awarded club captaincy.^[1]

In 2007, a transfer was almost arranged with PFC CSKA Sofia, but Patacas ultimately stayed at Nacional. He amassed a further 55 league appearances in the following two seasons combined for the Madeirans, and qualified to the UEFA Europa League in the second.

At the end of the 2010–11 campaign, Patacas announced his retirement due to injuries, at the age of 33. He was immediately appointed Nacional's director of football,^[2] leaving his position on 12 September 2015.^[3]

Personal life

Patacas' brother-in-law, Luís Pinto, was also a footballer.

References

^ "Marítimo empata Nacional na luta pela manutenção (0–0)" [Marítimo draw with Nacional in fight for survival (0–0)] (in Portuguese). Funchal Notícias. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
^ ""Terminar a carreira agora foi a melhor decisão" – Patacas" ["To end my career now was the best decision" – Patacas]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 23 May 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
^ "Patacas sai do Nacional" [Patacas leaves Nacional]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 12 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

External links

Bruno Patacas at ForaDeJogo (archived)
National team data (in Portuguese)
Bruno Patacas at Soccerway

[1] "Marítimo empata Nacional na luta pela manutenção (0–0)" [Marítimo draw with Nacional in fight for survival (0–0)] (in Portuguese). Funchal Notícias. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.

[2] ""Terminar a carreira agora foi a melhor decisão" – Patacas" ["To end my career now was the best decision" – Patacas]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 23 May 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2011.

[3] "Patacas sai do Nacional" [Patacas leaves Nacional]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 12 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

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