Hugo Bravo (footballer, born 1972)

Hugo Agustín Bravo Toro (born 5 February 1972) is a Chilean former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bravo and the second or maternal family name is Toro.
Hugo Bravo
Personal information
Full name Hugo Agustín Bravo Toro
Date of birth (1972-02-05) 5 February 1972
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
Palestino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1994 Palestino 64 (13)
1991 → Everton (loan) 0 (0)
1995–1996 Universidad de Chile 15 (1)
1997 Deportes Temuco 27 (7)
1998 Deportes Iquique 13 (0)
1998 Everton
1999 Coquimbo Unido 19 (7)
1999 Puebla 0 (0)
2000 Audax Italiano 20 (2)
2001 Unión San Felipe 7 (0)
2002 Coquimbo Unido 10 (2)
2003 Deportes Puerto Montt 20 (4)
2004 Coquimbo Unido 12 (3)
2004 Cobresal 0 (0)
2004 Deportes Copiapó
International career
1991 Chile U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Santiago, Chile, Bravo is a product of the Palestino youth system[2] and played for them until 1994.[1]

He mainly developed his career at the Chilean top division, playing for Universidad de Chile,[3] Deportes Temuco,[4] Deportes Iquique,[5] Coquimbo Unido,[6][7][8] Audax Italiano,[9] Unión San Felipe,[10] Deportes Puerto Montt[11] and Cobresal.[12]

As a member of Universidad de Chile, he won the 1995 Chilean Primera División, scoring one goal in the season.[13][14]

In the Chilean second division, he played for Everton and Deportes Copiapó.[8]

He also had a brief stint in Mexico with Puebla.[15][16]

He retired at the end of the 2004 season.[16]

International career

Bravo represented Chile U20 in the 1991 South American Championship in Venezuela.[17]

Personal life

From his maternal line, Bravo is the half-brother of the former professional footballers Jorge Valdivia, a Chile international, and Claudio Valdivia[18] as well as the grandson of Juan Toro,[19] another Chile international, who reared him.[2] His half-brother Luis Valdivia, or Quique as he is known, also was with the Palestino youth ranks.[20]

Post-retirement

Bravo went on playing football at amateur level for clubs such as Caupolicán from Huelquén, also winning titles with them.[15]

He had a metal buying and selling business.[16]

References
  1. Piña, Andrés (15 November 1994). "Con intermitencias, HUGO BRAVO terminó por consolidarse esta temporada en Palestino" (PDF). Revista Don Balón (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Palestino Histórico. 124: 39. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  2. ""Vidas llenas de hipocresía": Medio hermano de Jorge Valdivia se lanza contra el exfutbolista" (in Spanish). Canal 13. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  3. "Club UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 22 May 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  4. (Recuerdos del Fútbol Chileno Fotos y Vídeos.) 📷 Deportes Temuco ⚽️📌 Año 1997 🇨🇱 (in Spanish). 27 May 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  5. "Iquique 1998 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  6. (Recuerdos del Fútbol Chileno Fotos y Vídeos.) [📷 Coquimbo Unido 🇨🇱 📌 Año 1999 ⚽️] (in Spanish). 17 May 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  7. "ARQUERO CARMELO VEGA FIRMARIA POR COLO-COLO". ivregion.tripod.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  8. Andrés, Juan Pablo (14 April 2005). "Chile 2004". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  9. "Audax Italiano 2000 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  10. "San Felipe 2001 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  11. "Puerto Montt superó por 4-3 a Audax Italiano". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 9 May 2003. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  12. "Los refuerzos de los clubes para el Torneo de Clausura". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 11 July 2004. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  13. "U. de Chile - campañas - 1995". www.chuncho.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  14. (UdeChileVideos) Campaña 1° Rueda U. de Chile 1995 on YouTube (in Spanish). 5 May 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  15. "El hermanastro de Jorge Valdivia se fue en picada contra su madre". puranoticia.pnt.cl (in Spanish). 12 August 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  16. (Marcela Nicole Bravo) Entrevista Hugo Bravo Toro on YouTube (in Spanish). 17 June 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  17. "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  18. "Claudio Valdivia y su breve paso por el fútbol: "Me encantaban las minas, quería copete y era el hermano del Mago"". RedGol.cl. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  19. "Juan Toro". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  20. Salazar Molina, Leonardo (9 July 2008). "El desconocido origen venezolano de Jorge Valdivia". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
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