Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bruno Alexandre Marques Pereirinha | ||
Date of birth | 2 March 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Rio de Mouro, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Atlético Paranaense | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–2003 | Belenenses | ||
2003–2006 | Sporting CP | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2013 | Sporting CP | 86 | (2) |
2006 | → Olivais Moscavide (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2010 | → Vitória Guimarães (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2011 | → Kavala (loan) | 13 | (1) |
2012–2013 | Sporting B | 3 | (0) |
2013–2015 | Lazio | 22 | (0) |
2015– | Atlético Paranaense | 7 | (1) |
National team | |||
2006–2007 | Portugal U19 | 15 | (0) |
2007 | Portugal U20 | 7 | (1) |
2007–2010 | Portugal U21 | 23 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 21 December 2015 (UTC). |
Bruno Alexandre Marques Pereirinha (born 2 March 1988) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Brazilian club Clube Atlético Paranaense. He plays mainly as a right midfielder, also being able to operate as an attacking right back.
He spent most of his professional career with Sporting, appearing in 143 official games over the course of five seasons (five goals scored) and winning three major titles, including two Portuguese Cups.
All youth categories comprised Pereirinha won 52 caps for Portugal, including 23 for the under-21s.
Born in Rio de Mouro, Lisbon, Pereirinha made his professional debuts for Sporting Clube de Portugal in 2006–07, having started that same season on loan at second division's C.D. Olivais e Moscavide, as Miguel Veloso before him. His first appearance for the main squad came on 13 January 2007, playing 20 minutes of a 0–0 away draw against C.F. Os Belenenses, the club where he spent most of his youth career.
On 13 March 2008, in the campaign's UEFA Cup round-of-16 second leg against Bolton Wanderers, Pereirinha scored an 85th-minute goal that gave Sporting a 1–0 home victory and a spot in the quarterfinals. He had also netted in the previous round, against FC Basel.