Bruno Ferreira Melo (born 26 October 1992), known as Bruno Melo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Corinthians, on loan from Fortaleza.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bruno Ferreira Melo | ||
Date of birth | (1992-10-26) 26 October 1992 (age 29) | ||
Place of birth | Paracuru, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
Corinthians (on loan from Fortaleza) | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2011 | Fortaleza | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011– | Fortaleza | 156 | (26) |
2011 | → Maracanã (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2012 | → Quixadá (loan) | 13 | (3) |
2012 | → Paracuru [pt] (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2014 | → Quixadá (loan) | 14 | (1) |
2014 | → Nova Russas [pt] (loan) | 12 | (3) |
2014 | → Uniclinic (loan) | 6 | (1) |
2022– | → Corinthians (loan) | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:26, 15 November 2021 (UTC) |
Born in Paracuru, Ceará, Bruno was a Fortaleza youth graduate. For the 2011 season, he was loaned to Maracanã, and made his senior debut on 7 April of that year by starting in a 1–0 home win against Associação Desportiva São Benedito for the Campeonato Cearense Segunda Divisão championship.
After his loan expired, Bruno returned to Fortaleza and was assigned to the under-20 squad. Ahead of the 2012 campaign, he moved to Quixadá also in a temporary deal; on his debut on 10 March, he scored his team's second in a 2–1 away win against Limoeiro.[1]
After another loan stint at Paracuru [pt], Bruno returned to Fortaleza and was assigned to the main squad,[2] but failed to make an appearance. In 2014, he served loans at Quixadá,[3] Nova Russas [pt] and Uniclinic, winning the third division of the Cearense with the latter.
Returning to Leão, Bruno made his debut for the club on 14 January 2015, starting in a 0–0 away draw against former side Quixadá for the year's Cearense.[4] A backup for his first two seasons, he only started to appear regularly from the 2017 season onwards.
Bruno scored his first goals for Fortaleza on 4 March 2017, netting a brace in a 5–0 home routing of Itapipoca, also for the state league.[5] He was also an undisputed starter for the year's Série C, contributing with six goals as his side returned to Série B after a nine-year absence; highlights included doubles in a 2–0 away win against Botafogo-PB and in a 2–2 draw at Sampaio Corrêa.
On 30 November 2017, Bruno renewed his contract until 2020.[6] He made his debut in the second division the following 14 April, starting in a 2–1 home defeat of Guarani.
Bruno scored his first Série B goal on 18 April 2018, netting the opener through a penalty kick in a 2–0 away win against Boa Esporte. He finished the campaign with 30 appearances, all as a starter, and contributed with seven goals as his side achieved promotion to the Série A.[7]
Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Fortaleza | 2013 | Série C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2015[9] | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
2016[9] | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
2017[9] | 22 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 34 | 8 | |||
2018 | Série B | 30 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 44 | 10 | |||
2019 | Série A | 14 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 25 | 3 | ||
2020 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 41 | 5 | ||
2021 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 7[lower-alpha 4] | 2 | 34 | 3 | |||
Subtotal | 111 | 19 | 45 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 203 | 29 | ||
Maracanã (loan) | 2011 | Cearense 2ª Divisão | — | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
Quixadá (loan) | 2012 | Cearense 2ª Divisão | — | 13 | 3 | — | — | — | 13 | 3 | ||||
Paracuru [pt] (loan) | 2012 | Cearense 3ª Divisão | — | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
Quixadá (loan) | 2014 | Cearense | — | 14 | 1 | — | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||||
Nova Russas [pt] (loan) | 2014 | Cearense 2ª Divisão | — | 12 | 3 | — | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||||
Uniclinic (loan) | 2014 | Cearense 3ª Divisão | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | ||||
Career total | 111 | 19 | 102 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 260 | 37 |
Fortaleza
Uniclinic
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista – current squad | |
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