Bruno Moraes

Bruno Moraes

Personal information
Full name	Bruno dos Santos Moraes
Date of birth	(1984-07-07) 7 July 1984
Place of birth	Santos, Brazil
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Varzim
Number	13
Youth career
2001–2003	Santos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002	Santos	2	(0)
2003–2004	Porto B	12	(11)
2003–2010	Porto	17	(2)
2004–2005	→ Vitória Setúbal (loan)	24	(5)
2008	→ Vitória Setúbal (loan)	3	(0)
2010	→ Rio Ave (loan)	8	(0)
2010	Gloria Bistriţa	12	(0)
2011	Naval	9	(3)
2011–2012	União Leiria	18	(6)
2012–2013	Újpest	9	(4)
2013	Újpest B	1	(1)
2013–2014	Gil Vicente	7	(2)
2014	Portuguesa	4	(0)
2015–	Varzim	9	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 November 2015

Bruno dos Santos Moraes (born 7 July 1984) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Portuguese club Varzim S.C. as a striker.

He spent most of his professional career in Portugal, starting in 2003 with Porto.

Football career

Born in Santos, São Paulo, Moraes arrived at only 19 to FC Porto in Portugal, from Santos FC. His career with the northern club would be marred by constant injuries– he played two Primeira Liga games in his debut season, and none whatsoever in 2005–06 and 2007–08.

Moraes' most productive season at Porto came in the 2006–07 campaign, as the Dragons won the national championship for the second year running. He played 18 matches and scored three goals the domestic league and the UEFA Champions League combined, notably appearing in both group stage matches against Hamburger SV and netting in the second, a 3–1 away win 1 on November 2006.

Moraes also spent one full season on loan to Vitória de Setúbal, where he appeared regularly, and started 2008–09 in the same predicament and with the same team, but the second spell was soon cut short due to injury. In January 2010, with a contract running until June, he returned to Porto, trying to persuade manager Jesualdo Ferreira to add him to the squad of the four-time national champions; he did not and was loaned one more time, now to another fellow league club Rio Ave FC.

In mid-February 2011 Moraes signed with Associação Naval 1º de Maio, also in Portugal. He scored regularly during his four-month spell with the Figueira da Foz team, but it could not finally avoid top flight relegation. In late July 2011, after an aborted transfer to Al-Ahly S.C. in Egypt, he joined another Portuguese top level side, U.D. Leiria, meeting the same fate at the end of the season.

On 8 October 2012 Moraes moved clubs and countries again, signing a one-year contract with Újpest FC in Hungary. In July 2015, after only 11 games combined for Gil Vicente F.C. and Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, he joined Varzim S.C. in the Portuguese Segunda Liga.

Personal life

Moraes' younger brother, Júnior Moraes, is also a footballer and a striker. He too represented Santos as a senior, as well as Gloria Bistriţa. Their father also played for that club as well as Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, whilst a sister ended her career early on due to injury.

Moraes' mother won the São Paulo State tennis championship.

Honours

Porto

• Primeira Liga: 2003–04, 2006–07
• UEFA Champions League: 2003–04

Vitória Setúbal

• Taça de Portugal: 2004–05

External links

• Bruno Moraes at footballzz.co.uk
• Bruno Moraes profile at ForaDeJogo
• Bruno Moraes at Soccerway
• RomanianSoccer profile and stats