Martín Ivan Bravo (born 19 September 1986) is an Argentine
football
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manager and former player. He played as a
striker.
Career
Bravo was born in
Santa Fe. After a slow start to his career with his home town club
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* Colón, Entre Ríos
* Colón Department, Córdoba
* Colón Department, Entre Ríos
* Colón, Buenos Aires
;Colombia
* Colón, Nariño
* Colón, Putumayo
* Colón Department (Colombia)
;Costa Rica
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In 2007, he joined
San Martín de San Juan
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on loan where he established himself as a first team player and a regular goalscorer during the opening stages of the
Clausura 2008 tournament. He finished the season as one of the topscoring players with 9 goals in 19 games. In late 2008 Bravo had problems in his transfer to
Pumas UNAM
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. His first game was vs. Chivas (a Pumas bitter rival). Bravo got injured in the game and ended his playing season. The game ended in a tie. In
Clausura 2009 he became champions with Pumas eliminating Tecos, Puebla, and beat Pachuca to be champions. He holds Mexican citizenship.
On 2 June 2014, he joined
León in a trade for former León striker
Matias Britos who moved to Pumas UNAM for the
Apertura 2014.
On 29 November 2015,
Club Santos Laguna
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announced that Bravo would be joining the squad for the Clausura 2016 on loan from
Dorados de Sinaloa
Dorados de Sinaloa, or Dorados, is a Mexican professional football club based on Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico.
History
Dorados de Sinaloa was founded on August 9, 2003. The Dorados was the youngest team to play on First Division de México, hav ...
.
Bravo to Santos Laguna on loan
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Honours
UNAM
* Mexican Primera División
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The league is considered the strongest in North America, and among the strongest in al ...
: Clausura 2009, Clausura 2011
References
External links
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Martín Bravo
at Football-Lineups
Martín Bravo – Argentina Primera statistics
at Fútbol XXI
1986 births
Living people
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Naturalized citizens of Mexico
Footballers from Santa Fe, Argentina
Club Atlético Colón footballers
San Martín de San Juan footballers
Club Universidad Nacional footballers
Club León footballers
Dorados de Sinaloa footballers
Santos Laguna footballers
C.D. Veracruz footballers
Central Norte players
Liga MX players
Argentine Primera División players
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
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