Pedro João Luís Bonifácio (born 6 August 1985) is a Portuguese former professional

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who played as a striker.

Club career

Bonifácio was born in Mafra,

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. He never played in higher than the third division in his country, representing mainly local club C.D. Mafra where he also acted as

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. in the 2015–16 season he scored a career-best 15 goals to help AC Malveira finish in fourth place in their group (among ten teams), also helping them to the fourth round of the

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whilst being crowned the competition's top scorer. From summer 2011 until January 2013, Bonifácio competed in the

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. Subsequently, the 27-year-old signed with

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from the

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, making his professional debut on 12 March 2013 in a 6–1 home win against

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where he came on as a 72nd-minute substitute. Bonifácio returned to Portugal in the 2016 off-season, joining S.C.U. Torreense. In his debut campaign, he netted six times in five games as his side reached the last-16 stage in the domestic cup – this included the only in a 1–0 defeat of

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's C.D. Nacional, where he also missed a

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Honours

Vardar *

: 2012–13 Individual *

top scorer: 2015–16

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonifacio, Pedro 1985 births Living people People from Mafra, Portugal Footballers from Lisbon District Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football forwards Segunda Divisão players C.D. Mafra players S.C.U. Torreense players S.U. Sintrense players Cypriot Second Division players Doxa Katokopias FC players Anagennisi Deryneia FC players Macedonian First Football League players FK Vardar players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen