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 Paz in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Bruno Lourenço Pinto de Almeida Paz | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 April 1998 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Barreiro, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Olympiakos Nicosia | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Vinhense | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Barreirense | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Belenenses | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2016 | Sporting CP | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Sporting CP B | 31 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Sporting CP U23 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Sporting CP | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Farense (loan) | 24 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Konyaspor | 34 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Zimbru Chișinău | 29 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026 | Oțelul Galați | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Olympiakos Nicosia | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Portugal U15 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Portugal U16 | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Portugal U17 | 17 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Portugal U18 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Portugal U19 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Portugal U20 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Angola | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 July 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 February 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Bruno Lourenço Pinto de Almeida Paz (born 23 April 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for First Division club Olympiakos Nicosia.[1] Born in Portugal, he plays for the Angola national team.
Football career
[edit]On 6 August 2016, Paz made his professional debut with Sporting B in a 2016–17 LigaPro match against Portimonense.[2]
Paz made his senior debut for Sporting CP in December 2018, when he was a 73rd-minute substitute in a 3-0 Europa League win over Vorskla Poltava.[3][4]
On 23 May 2022, Paz signed a two-year contract (with one-year extension option) with Konyaspor in Turkey.[5] In January 2025 he joined Zimbru Chișinău, after being a free agent since May.[6]
On 10 January 2026, the player moved to Oțelul Galați from Liga I, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract.[7]
International career
[edit]Paz was born in Portugal to Angolan parents. He's a youth international for Portugal, having played up to the Portugal U20s. He was called up to the Angola national team for 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches in March 2023.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]- As of matches played 2 February 2024.[9]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 2023 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]Portugal U19
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2017
References
[edit]- ↑ Bruno Paz at Soccerway
- ↑ "Sporting B 1-2 Portimonense". ForaDeJogo. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ "The lowdown on 3m euro-rated midfielder linked with Reds". 2 June 2020.
- ↑ "Sporting Lisbon vs. Vorskla - 13 December 2018 - Soccerway".
- ↑ "Bruno Paz İttifak Holding Konyaspor'umuzda" [Bruno Paz is at Konyaspor] (in Turkish). Konyaspor. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ↑ "Zimbru a transferat doi foști jucători a naționalelor de tineret a Portugaliei și Austriei". moldfootball (in Romanian). 8 January 2025.
- ↑ "Un nou mijlocaș de Oțel: Bruno Paz!" [A new Steel midfielder: Bruno Paz!]. ascotelul.ro (in Romanian). 10 January 2026. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
- ↑ "Pedro Soares Gonçalves convence Bruno Paz a atuar por Angola". www.record.pt.
- ↑ Bruno Paz at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
[edit]- Bruno Paz at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Stats and profile at LPFP (in Portuguese)
- National team data (in Portuguese)
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Barreiro, Portugal
- 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen
- Portuguese men's footballers
- 21st-century Angolan sportsmen
- Angolan men's footballers
- Portuguese people of Angolan descent
- Sportspeople of Angolan descent
- Black Portuguese sportspeople
- Men's association football midfielders
- Portugal men's youth international footballers
- Angola men's international footballers
- Sporting CP B players
- Sporting CP footballers
- S.C. Farense players
- Konyaspor footballers
- FC Zimbru Chișinău players
- ASC Oțelul Galați players
- Olympiakos Nicosia players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Süper Lig players
- Moldovan Super Liga players
- Liga I players
- Angolan expatriate men's footballers
- Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Moldova
- Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Moldova
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players