Bruno Ferreira Melo (born 26 October 1992), known as Bruno Melo, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for Coritiba, on loan from

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Club career

Fortaleza

Loan stints

Born in

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, Bruno was a

youth graduate. For the 2011 season, he was loaned to Maracanã, and made his senior debut on 7 April of that year by starting in a 1–0 home win against

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for the

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Segunda Divisão championship. After his loan expired, Bruno returned to Fortaleza and was assigned to the under-20 squad. Ahead of the 2012 campaign, he moved to Quixadá also in a temporary deal; on his debut on 10 March, he scored his team's second in a 2–1 away win against

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. After another loan stint at , Bruno returned to Fortaleza and was assigned to the main squad, but failed to make an appearance. In 2014, he served loans at Quixadá, and Uniclinic, winning the third division of the Cearense with the latter.

Breakthrough

Returning to ''Leão'', Bruno made his debut for the club on 14 January 2015, starting in a 0–0 away draw against former side Quixadá for the year's Cearense. A backup for his first two seasons, he only started to appear regularly from the 2017 season onwards. Bruno scored his first goals for Fortaleza on 4 March 2017, netting a brace in a 5–0 home routing of

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, also for the state league. He was also an undisputed starter for the year's Série C, contributing with six goals as his side returned to Série B after a nine-year absence; highlights included doubles in a 2–0 away win against Botafogo-PB and in a 2–2 draw at Sampaio Corrêa. On 30 November 2017, Bruno renewed his contract until 2020. He made his debut in the second division the following 14 April, starting in a 2–1 home defeat of Guarani. Bruno scored his first Série B goal on 18 April 2018, netting the opener through a penalty kick in a 2–0 away win against

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. He finished the campaign with 30 appearances, all as a starter, and contributed with seven goals as his side achieved promotion to the Série A.

Career statistics

Honours

Uniclinic *

Terceira Divisão: 2014 Fortaleza *

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: 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021 *

Copa do Nordeste Copa do Nordeste (''Cup of the North-East''), also known as Campeonato do Nordeste (''Championship of the North-East'') or Copa Nordeste (''Northeastern Cup''), and sometimes informally referred as Lampions League – in reference to the UEFA Ch ...

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* Copa dos Campeões Cearenses: 2016, 2017 Goiás * Copa Verde:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Melo, Bruno 1992 births Living people Footballers from Ceará Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Fortaleza Esporte Clube players FC Atlético Cearense players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Goiás Esporte Clube players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players