Daniel Bravo (born 9 February 1963) is a French former professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
. With the exception of a stint at
Serie A
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's
Parma
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, he spent all of his career in his native France. He made 13 appearances for the
France national team scoring once.
Career
Bravo was born in
Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...
to Spanish immigrants escaping the Spanish civil war settling in southern France.
[ He made his debut for ]OGC Nice
Olympique Gymnaste Club Nice Côte d'Azur (), commonly referred to as OGC Nice or simply Nice, is a French professional football club based in Nice. The club was founded in 1904 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top tier of French football. ...
at 17 years of age in a game against Metz
Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand E ...
in the French Championship D1. Despite the relegation of Nice to D2 in 1982, he was called up to the French team to face Italy in February 1982. That night, the Blues beat Italy for the first time in over sixty years, and Bravo scored their second goal.
He stayed at Nice for their spell in D2 for one season and managed to score eleven goals. He then signed for AS Monaco
Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club SA, commonly referred to as AS Monaco () or Monaco, is a professional football club based in Monaco that is member of French Football Federation (FFF) and competes in Ligue 1, the top tier of Fre ...
. This was the beginning of a series of clubs he would play for that would lead to him playing for Paris Saint Germain
Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, Paris, Paris SG or simply PSG is a professional football club based in Paris, France. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. As Fr ...
and then in Italy. With the French national team, Bravo played infrequently in the blue jersey, but still participated in the victorious Euro 1984, replacing Jean-Marc Ferreri
Jean-Marc Ferreri (born 26 December 1962) is a French former professional Association football, footballer who earned 37 caps and scored 3 goals for the France national football team, France national team. He played in the UEFA Euro 1984, where ...
, during the match against Yugoslavia.
Whilst at Marseille he played in the 1999 UEFA Cup Final
The 1999 UEFA Cup Final was an association football match played on 12 May 1999 at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow to determine the winners of the 1998–99 UEFA Cup. The match was contested by Parma of Italy and Marseille of France. Parma won the ...
.
Personal life
He is married to singer Eva Bravo and the actor and model Lucas Bravo
Lucas Nicolas Bravo (born 26 March 1988) is a French actor and model. He is best known for starring in the Netflix romantic comedy series ''Emily in Paris'' (2020–present) as chef Gabriel, Emily's downstairs love interest. He is also known for h ...
is their son.
Honours
Monaco
*Coupe de France
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: 1984–85
Paris Saint-Germain
*Coupe de France: 1992–93, 1994–95
* Division 1: 1993–94
*Coupe de la Ligue
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: 1994–95
*UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
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: 1995–96
France
*UEFA European Championship
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: 1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
References
External links
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1963 births
Living people
Footballers from Toulouse
French men's footballers
France men's international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
OGC Nice players
AS Monaco FC players
Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players
Parma Calcio 1913 players
Olympique Lyonnais players
Olympique de Marseille players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Serie A players
UEFA Euro 1984 players
European champions for France
UEFA European Championship-winning players
French expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
French expatriate sportspeople in Italy