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 Académica de Coimbra.

Club career

Born in

Vila do Conde Vila do Conde (, ; "the Count's Town") is a municipality in the Norte Region, Portugal, 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 ...

, Vítor Bruno began his youth career at

F.C. Famalicão Futebol Clube de Famalicão, commonly known as Famalicão, is a Portuguese professional 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 tie ...

before joining

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, Order of Prince Henry, MHIH, Order of Merit (Portugal), 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 association footbal ...

. 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 The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

in 2013–14, and scored once the following campaign, equalising in a 3–2 away loss against

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

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

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ) or simply CFR, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I. Founded as ''Kolozsvári Vasut ...

in Romania's

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. Joined by compatriots including manager Toni Conceição, he won the

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in his only season with a

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victory over

FC Dinamo București FC Dinamo București, commonly known as Dinamo București () or simply Dinamo, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in Bucharest that competes in the Liga I. Founded in 1948 as the team of the Ministry of Inter ...

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 association football, football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of football in ...

. The following off-season, however, he moved to

Boavista F.C. Boavista Futebol Clube (), commonly known as Boavista, is a Portuguese professional sports club from the of Porto that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football league system, Portuguese football, at the Estádio do B ...

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 (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. Founded on 28 February 1904, as ''Sport Lisboa'', Benfica is one of the " ...

, 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. 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 athletics, boxing, football, futsal, handball, karate, swimming, volleyball, wat ...

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 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen