Bruno Patacas

Bruno Alexandre dos Santos Patacas (born 30 November 1977) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a right back.

Bruno Patacas
Personal information
Full name Bruno Alexandre dos Santos Patacas[1]
Date of birth (1977-11-30) 30 November 1977[1]
Place of birth Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
1988–1996 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2000 Sporting CP 7 (0)
1996–1997 → Lourinhanense (loan) 15 (0)
1999 → Lourinhanense (loan) 17 (1)
1999–2000 → Santa Clara (loan) 23 (1)
2000–2002 Campomaiorense 52 (0)
2002–2011 Nacional 229 (4)
Total 343 (6)
International career
1997–1998 Portugal U20 14 (0)
1998–1999 Portugal U21 17 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

After starting his career with Sporting CP, he went to represent other clubs before settling with Nacional, where he remained for nearly one decade whilst appearing in almost 300 competitive matches.[2]

Club career

A Sporting CP youth graduate, Patacas was born in Vila Franca de Xira, Lisbon, and spent his first professional season with farm team S.C. Lourinhanense, not being very successful upon his return to the alma mater (three games during parts of 1997–98 and four more in the following, while also spending time at Lourinhanense).

Patacas was released after one more loan stint, with C.D. Santa Clara,[3] moving on to S.C. Campomaiorense – both these sides were also in the Primeira Liga[4]– and then C.D. Nacional in the 2002–03 campaign, being an undisputed starter and often the only Portuguese player in the latter's starting XI, in a squad filled with Brazilians. He was also eventually awarded club captaincy.[5]

In 2007, a transfer was almost arranged with PFC CSKA Sofia,[6] but Patacas ultimately stayed at the Estádio da Madeira.[7] He totalled a further 55 league appearances over the following two seasons for the Madeirans, and qualified to the UEFA Europa League in the second.[8]

At the end of 2010–11, Patacas announced his retirement due to injuries, at the age of 33. He was immediately appointed Nacional's director of football,[9] leaving his position on 12 September 2015.[10]

Personal life

Patacas' brother-in-law, Luís Pinto, was also a footballer.

References
  1. "Patacas" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  2. "Os 10 jogadores com mais jogos pelo Nacional na I Divisão" [The 10 players with the most matches for Nacional in the I Division] (in Portuguese). Na Madeira. 14 March 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  3. Mendes, Nuno (10 July 1999). "Patacas cedido ao Santa Clara" [Patacas loaned to Santa Clara]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  4. "Patacas regressa no Campomaiorense" [Patacas returns at Campomaiorense] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 29 September 2000. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  5. "Marítimo empata Nacional na luta pela manutenção (0–0)" [Marítimo draw with Nacional in fight for survival (0–0)] (in Portuguese). Funchal Notícias. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  6. "Patacas: "O melhor contrato possível aos 30 anos"" [Patacas: "The best possible contract at the age of 30"]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 July 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  7. "Nacional. Patacas quer ganhar" [Nacional. Patacas wants to win]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 12 March 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  8. "Manuel Machado de saída do comando técnico do Nacional" [Manuel Machado leaving helm of Nacional] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  9. ""Terminar a carreira agora foi a melhor decisão" – Patacas" ["To end my career now was the best decision" – Patacas]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 23 May 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  10. Freitas, Marco (12 September 2015). "Patacas sai do Nacional" [Patacas leaves Nacional]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 September 2017.
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