Vítor Bruno Ramos Gonçalves (born 13 January 1990), known as Vítor Bruno, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga 3 club Académica de Coimbra.

Club career

Born in Vila do Conde, Vítor Bruno began his youth career at

F.C. Famalicão Futebol Clube de Famalicão, commonly known as Famalicão, is a Portuguese association football, football club from Vila Nova de Famalicão. Founded on 21 August 1931, its senior team currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top tier of Portugu ...

before joining

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

. He was also loaned to CD Candal, where he later made his senior debut in the

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in the 2009–10 season. After a year in the third tier with

G.D. Ribeirão Grupo Desportivo de Ribeirão, known as Ribeirão, is a Portuguese football club based in Ribeirão, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Braga District. Founded in 1968, it currently plays in the Portuguese Third Division Portuguese may refer to: * anythin ...

, Vítor Bruno signed for

F.C. Penafiel Futebol Clube de Penafiel ( or ) is a Portuguese Association football, football club founded on 8 February 1951 and based in the city of Penafiel, Portugal, Penafiel. Brief history Penafiel first reached the Portuguese Liga, first division in Po ...

of the Segunda Liga in 2011. He was part of their squad that won promotion to the

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in 2013–14, and scored once the following campaign, equalising in a 3–2 away loss against Sporting CP on 9 March 2015. On 31 May 2015, after Penafiel were relegated in last place, Vítor Bruno and teammate

Dani Coelho Daniel "Dani" Filipe Faria Coelho (born 17 January 1990) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Berço as a right back. Club career A youth product of S.C. Braga, Dani only managed to appear once for the first team in official mat ...

signed three-year contracts at CFR Cluj in Romania's Liga I. Joined by compatriots including manager Toni Conceição, he

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the

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in his only season with a penalty shootout victory over

FC Dinamo București Fotbal Club Dinamo București (), commonly known as Dinamo București or simply Dinamo, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in Bucharest. Founded in 1948, they have spent almost List of unrelegated association f ...

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 Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of Portuguese football. Their chair ...

. 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 S.L. Benfica, Vítor Bruno wrote a lengthy publication on Facebook lamenting the quality of his team's play. He became a free agent subsequently, and signed a one-year deal with second-division

Leixões S.C. Leixões Sport Club, commonly known as Leixões (), is a Portuguese sports club from Matosinhos. It is organised into several departments for many sports, such as football, boxing, karate, volleyball, swimming and billiards. It is most well kno ...

that August.

Honours

CFR Cluj *

: 2015–16

References

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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 Académica de Coimbra (football) 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