Vítor Bruno Ramos Gonçalves (born 13 January 1990), known as Vítor Bruno, is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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for Liga 3 club Alverca.

Club career

Born in

Vila do Conde Vila do Conde (, ; "the Count's Town") is a municipality in the Norte Region of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 79,533, in an area of 149.03 km². The urbanized area of Vila do Conde, which includes the parishes of Vila do Conde, Azurar ...

, Vítor Bruno began his youth career at F.C. Famalicão before joining FC Porto. He was also loaned to CD Candal, where he later made his senior debut in the fourth division in the 2009–10 season. After a year in the third tier with G.D. Ribeirão, Vítor Bruno signed for F.C. Penafiel of the Segunda Liga in 2011. He was part of their squad that won promotion to the Primeira Liga in 2013–14, and scored once the following campaign, equalising in a 3–2 away loss against

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on 9 March 2015. On 31 May 2015, after Penafiel were relegated in last place, Vítor Bruno and teammate Dani Coelho signed three-year contracts at

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in Romania's

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. Joined by compatriots including manager

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, he won the Cupa României in his only season with a

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victory over FC Dinamo București on 17 May 2016. Vítor Bruno returned to his country's top flight in June 2016, agreeing to a three-year deal at C.D. Feirense. The following off-season, however, he moved to Boavista F.C. on a two-year contract, but returned to his former club halfway through. In April 2019, after already- relegated Feirense lost 4–1 at home to eventual champions

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, Vítor Bruno wrote a lengthy publication on

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lamenting the quality of his team's play. He became a

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subsequently, and signed a one-year deal with second-division Leixões S.C. that August.

Honours

CFR Cluj * Cupa României: 2015–16

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vitor Bruno 1990 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Vila do Conde Men's association football fullbacks Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Liga 3 (Portugal) players Padroense F.C. players CD Candal players G.D. Ribeirão players F.C. Penafiel players C.D. Feirense players Boavista F.C. players Leixões S.C. players U.D. Vilafranquense players Académico de Viseu F.C. players F.C. Alverca players Liga I players CFR Cluj players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania