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Bruno Vale

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Personal information
Full name	Bruno Miguel Esteves do Vale
Date of birth	(1983-04-08) 8 April 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth	Mafamude, Portugal
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1992–1997	Vilanovense
1997–2001	Porto
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2005	Porto B	119	(0)
2003–2010	Porto	1	(0)
2005–2006	→ Estrela Amadora (loan)	30	(0)
2006–2007	→ União Leiria (loan)	2	(0)
2007–2008	→ Varzim (loan)	7	(0)
2008–2009	→ Vitória Setúbal (loan)	7	(0)
2009–2010	→ Belenenses (loan)	16	(0)
2010–2012	Oliveirense	57	(0)
2012–2019	Apollon Limassol	229	(0)
2019–2020	Oliveirense	8	(0)
Total		476	(0)
National team
1999	Portugal U15	4	(0)
2000	Portugal U16	10	(0)
2000	Portugal U17	4	(0)
2001–2002	Portugal U19	9	(0)
2003–2004	Portugal U20	13	(0)
2004–2006	Portugal U21	19	(0)
2004	Portugal U23	1	(0)
2005–2006	Portugal B	2	(0)
2003	Portugal	1	(0)
Honours Men's football Representing  Portugal UEFA European Under-21 Championship Third 2004 Germany UEFA European Under-17 Championship Winner 2000 Israel
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Bruno Miguel Esteves do Vale (born 8 April 1983) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

He spent most of his professional career in Cyprus with Apollon Limassol after being formed at Porto, appearing in more than 300 competitive matches for the former club.

Football career

Vale was born in Mafamude, Vila Nova de Gaia. A product of FC Porto's youth system, he was surprisingly picked for a Portugal match against Kazakhstan in August 2003, where he played 22 minutes as a substitute in a 1–0 friendly win; at the time, he was only third choice at his club. The following year, he represented the nation at the Summer Olympic Games, backing S.L. Benfica's José Moreira.

Subsequently, Vale played the 2005–06 season on loan to C.F. Estrela da Amadora in the Primeira Liga, also being selected to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. However, he injured his foot in a game against Germany in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, and was forced to pull out of the squad.

In 2006–07, Vale was loaned again, to top-division side U.D. Leiria. He went almost unnoticed there, moving the following campaign to the Segunda Liga with Varzim SC.

Vale was yet again loaned in July 2008, spending 2008–09 at Vitória de Setúbal in the top flight. The same happened in the following summer, and he again was backup or third choice in the 2009–10 season, now at Lisbon-based C.F. Os Belenenses– an injury to Nélson Pereira eventually propelled him to the starting eleven, as the club suffered top-tier relegation as second-bottom.

In the 2010 off-season, Vale was finally released by Porto, resuming his career with U.D. Oliveirense of division two. On 26 June 2012, the 29-year-old moved abroad for the first time, signing a two-year contract with Apollon Limassol in the Cypriot First Division.

Vale returned to Portugal and Oliveirense after seven years in June 2019, with the 36-year-old agreeing to a one-year deal. On 4 June 2020, he announced his retirement.

Club statistics

Honours

Porto

• Primeira Liga: 2003–04

Apollon Limassol

• Cypriot Cup: 2012–13, 2015–16, 2016–17
• Cypriot Super Cup: 2016, 2017

Portugal Under-16

• UEFA European Under-16 Championship: 2000

Individual

• Toulon Tournament Best Goalkeeper: 2003

See also

In Spanish: Bruno Vale para niños