Bruno Filipe Santos Loureiro (born 23 September 1989) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays for G.D. Mangualde as a

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Club career

Born in

Viseu Viseu () is a city and municipality in the Centro Region of Portugal and the capital of the district of the same name, with a population of 100,000 inhabitants, and center of the Viseu Dão Lafões intermunipical community, with 267,633 inhabi ...

, Loureiro started his senior career with local amateurs S.C. Penalva do Castelo. In 2012, the 23-year-old signed with neighbouring Académico de Viseu FC, helping them promote to the Segunda Liga in his first season. Loureiro made his second division debut on 10 August 2013, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 away loss against

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. He scored his first goal as a professional on 27 November of the same year, helping the hosts defeat F.C. Penafiel 1–0. During his first spell at the

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he was voted the competition's young player of the month twice, in January and February 2014. On 25 July 2014, Loureiro moved to

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of the Polish

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on a one-year contract with the option for a further season. He returned to his country shortly after with no competitive appearances to his credit, going on to represent S.C. Farense and then Académico Viseu.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Loureiro, Bruno 1989 births Living people Footballers from Viseu Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Académico de Viseu F.C. players S.C. Farense players Lusitano FCV players Pogoń Szczecin players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Poland