Bruno Alves

Bruno Alves
Alves with Portugal in 2018
Personal information
Full name Bruno Eduardo Regufe Alves[1]
Date of birth (1981-11-27) 27 November 1981 (age 42)[2]
Place of birth Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
AEK Athens (sporting director)
Youth career
1992–1999 Varzim
1999–2000 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2005 Porto B 58 (8)
2002–2010 Porto 119 (14)
2002–2003Farense (loan) 46 (3)
2003–2004Guimarães (loan) 26 (1)
2004–2005AEK Athens (loan) 27 (0)
2010–2013 Zenit Saint Petersburg 71 (1)
2013–2016 Fenerbahçe 75 (3)
2016–2017 Cagliari 36 (1)
2017–2018 Rangers 20 (1)
2018–2021 Parma 85 (5)
2021 Famalicão 0 (0)
2021–2022 Apollon Smyrnis 19 (0)
Total 582 (37)
International career
2001–2002 Portugal U20 10 (1)
2002–2004 Portugal U21 19 (2)
2004 Portugal U23 3 (0)
2004 Portugal B 1 (0)
2007–2018 Portugal 96 (11)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
FIFA Confederations Cup
Third place 2017
UEFA European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2016
Bronze medal – third place 2012
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Third place 2004
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bruno Eduardo Regufe Alves ComM (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbɾunu ˈalvɨʃ]; born 27 November 1981) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a central defender, currently sporting director of Super League Greece club AEK Athens.

He began and spent most of his professional career at Porto, where he won a total of nine titles and appeared in 171 official games. He also won trophies in Russia with Zenit Saint Petersburg, and in Turkey with Fenerbahçe.

A senior Portugal international since 2007, Alves represented the country in three World Cups, three European Championships and one Confederations Cup, winning Euro 2016 and earning 96 caps in the process.[4]

  1. ^ "Bruno Alves" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. ^ "FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017: List of players: Portugal" (PDF). FIFA. 20 March 2018. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  3. ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2018. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  4. ^ Silva, Flávio Miguel (26 September 2022). "Bruno Alves acolhido pela Seleção: «Obrigado a todos por me receberem carinhosamente»" [Bruno Alves received by the national team: "Thank you all for such a warm welcome"]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 January 2024.