Bruno Amaro

Bruno Amaro
Personal information
Full name	Bruno Amaro Sousa Barros
Date of birth	17 February 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Paço de Sousa, Portugal
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1992–1993	Cetê
1993–1995	Parada Pinhão
1995–2002	Penafiel
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2006	Penafiel
2006–2011	Nacional
2009–2010	→ Académica (loan)
2011–2013	Vitória Setúbal
2013–2015	Arouca
2015	Felgueiras
2016	Rebordosa
Total
International career
2002	Portugal U19
2005–2006	Portugal U21
2006	Portugal B
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bruno Amaro Sousa Barros (born 17 February 1983 in Paço de Sousa, Penafiel), known as Amaro, is a former Portuguese professional footballer who played mainly as a central midfielder.

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 216 games and 18 goals over the course of 11 seasons, representing mainly Nacional (four years).

Football career

A product of hometown F.C. Penafiel's youth system, Amaro played with the club as a professional during five seasons, three in the second division and two in the Primeira Liga. In September 2006 he joined C.D. Nacional, still playing the first game of the campaign with his previous team; his official debut with the Madeirans came on the 9th, in a 0–1 home loss against Sporting Clube de Portugal.

Amaro finished his debut season in the first division with five goals in 25 matches, but appeared less significantly in the following years. For 2009–10, he served a season-long loan spell at Académica de Coimbra – teammate Miguel Fidalgo also moved to that club, in the same predicament.

At only three goals, Amaro was crowned Vitória de Setúbal's top scorer in the 2011–12 campaign – notably scoring the game's only goal at home against Sporting^[1]– as the side again narrowly avoided relegation.^[2]

References

^ "Saturday football: Sa Pinto brought down to earth with a bump in Setubal". PortuGOAL. 3 March 2012. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Diego e Bruno Amaro distinguidos em Setúbal" [Diego e Bruno Amaro distinguished in Setúbal]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 14 May 2012. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

[1] "Saturday football: Sa Pinto brought down to earth with a bump in Setubal". PortuGOAL. 3 March 2012. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] "Diego e Bruno Amaro distinguidos em Setúbal" [Diego e Bruno Amaro distinguished in Setúbal]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 14 May 2012. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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