Bruno Patacas

Bruno Alexandre dos Santos patacas ( born November 30, 1977 in Vila Franca de Xira ) is a Portuguese football player. He plays since 2002 Nacional Funchal in the Super League, the Portuguese top.

Career

Patacas began his career in the youth department of Sporting Lisbon. It was awarded to the SC Lourinhanense, he remained faithful to 1997 in 1996. Then he came into the squad of Sporting, where he completed seven games. He then returned in 1999 on loan back to SC Lourinhanense. 1999-2000 stander in the squad of CD Santa Clara, and from 2000 to 2002 in SC Campomaiorense.

He was then losgeeist Sporting in 2002 and joined the newly promoted Nacional Funchal Madeira. In his first season the club could reach went straight to number eleven. 2003/ 04 we finished fourth and qualified for the UEFA Cup. Then Patacas made ​​his debut at European club level. On 16 September 2004, he played in the first round of the UEFA Cup against FC Sevilla. The away game in Seville was lost 0:2, the defender received a yellow card. In the return match Nacional FC Sevilla could not defeat and retired. After the squares Five 2005/ 06 ( but qualifying times for the international competition ), eight and ten in the following years was the 2008/ 09 fourth again. 2009/10 they played in the newly created Europa League, where they failed in the group stage. 2009/10 Nacional was Patacas seventh in the league.

For Portugal, the defender has played only in the youth national teams.