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Hugo Bravo (footballer, born 1972)

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Hugo Bravo
Personal information
Full name Hugo Agustín Bravo Toro
Date of birth (1972-02-05) 5 February 1972 (age 52)
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)
1991Everton (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

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

Club career

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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

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

Personal life

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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

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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b Piña, Andrés (15 November 1994). "Con intermitencias, HUGO BRAVO terminó por consolidarse esta temporada en Palestino" (PDF). Revista Don Balón (in Spanish). 124. Santiago, Chile: Palestino Histórico: 39. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b ""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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c (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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