Daniel Bravo (born 9 February 1963) is a French former professional

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who played as a

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. With the exception of a stint at

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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

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. This was the beginning of a series of clubs he would play for that would lead to him playing for

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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

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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 The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and profession ...

: 1984–85 Paris Saint-Germain *Coupe de France: 1992–93, 1994–95 * Division 1: 1993–94 *

Coupe de la Ligue The Coupe de la Ligue (), known outside France as the French League Cup, was a Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in Football in France, French football organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel. The tournament was est ...

: 1994–95 *

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...

: 1995–96 France *

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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 ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bravo, Daniel 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