Bruno Menezes
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bruno Marques Menezes | ||
Date of birth | March 20, 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Santos, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
2002 | Mogi Mirim | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2005 | Mogi Mirim | ||
2006 | União São João | ||
2007 | São Carlos | ||
2007–2008 | Chicago Fire | 3 | (0) |
2008 | Miami FC | ||
2009 | ASA | ||
2010 | Cuiabá | ||
2010 | Marília | ||
2011 | Cuiabá | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bruno Marques Menezes (born March 20, 1984) is a Brazilian footballer who last played for Cuiabá Esporte Clube. He formerly played with Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire. He is primarily utilized on the right side.
Menezes has spent his first five years as a professional in the Campeonato Paulista. He began his youth career with local club Mogi Mirim. Upon turning professional with that club, Menezes played first team football for the next three years, leaving the club in 2005 for another São Paulo club: União São João. After a season with the Macaws, he then joined São Carlos where he again played first-team football.
After an already lengthy career in his home country, Menezes opted for the United States, signing for the Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer on June 30, 2007.[1] He was upgraded from the developmental to the senior roster early in the 2008 season, but was waived on May 7.
References
[edit]- ^ "Chicago Fire sign midfielder Bruno Marques Menezes". Major League Soccer. June 2007.
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Mogi Mirim Esporte Clube players
- União São João Esporte Clube players
- São Carlos Futebol Clube players
- Chicago Fire FC players
- Fort Lauderdale Strikers (2006–2016) players
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Men's association football midfielders
- Major League Soccer players
- Brazilian football midfielder, 1980s birth stubs