Christian Bravo

Christian Daniel Bravo Araneda (born 1 October 1993), nicknamed Plancha (Plate/Printed image),[1] is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a winger for Uruguayan club Peñarol and the Chile national team.

Christian Bravo
Personal information
Full name Christian Daniel Bravo Araneda
Date of birth (1993-10-01) 1 October 1993
Place of birth Iquique, Chile
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Peñarol
Number 23
Youth career
2002–2012 Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Universidad de Chile 10 (0)
2013–2014 Inter Zaprešić 0 (0)
2013–2015 → Granada B (loan) 22 (3)
2014–2015 Granada B 36 (9)
2014–2017 Granada 2 (0)
2015–2017 → Universidad Católica (loan) 36 (5)
2017 Unión Española 9 (0)
2018 San Luis 27 (1)
2019 Montevideo Wanderers 30 (6)
2020– Peñarol 5 (0)
National team‡
2013 Chile U20 5 (1)
2014 Chile U21 4 (2)
2019– Chile 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 September 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2019

Club career

Born in Iquique, Bravo graduated from Universidad de Chile, and made his debut on 15 May 2010 in a match against Lota Schwager, for the year's Copa Chile. He made his league debut on 27 November of the following year, starting in a 1–1 away draw against Audax Italiano.[2]

Bravo only appeared sparingly for La U in the following years, and in January 2013 moved to NK Inter Zaprešić as a free agent. On 26 July 2013 he joined Granada CF, being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.[3]

Bravo made his debut with the Andalusians' main squad on 12 April 2014, replacing Yacine Brahimi in a 1–0 La Liga home win against FC Barcelona.[4]

International career

He made his Chile national football team debut on 10 September 2019 in a friendly against Honduras. He substituted César Pinares in the 80th minute.[5]

Personal life

He is son of former Chilean international footballer Christian Bravo Franke.[6]

Honours
Universidad de Chile
Universidad Católica

References
  1. "El Plancha Bravo se codea con la élite del fútbol uruguayo: "Forlán me da confianza, dio el 'sí' para que llegara"". Publimetro Chile. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. La patrulla juvenil de la "U" salvó el invicto ante Audax y cerró la fase regular (La "U" juvenil squad saved the invincible club against Audax and closed the regular campaign); Ferplei, 27 November 2011 (in Spanish)
  3. El Granada ficha a Christian Bravo para su filial (Granada signs Christian Bravo for their reserve squad); Marca, 26 July 2013 (in Spanish)
  4. Tocado... y hundido (Touched... and sunken); Marca, 12 April 2014 (in Spanish)
  5. "Honduras v Chile game report". ESPN. 10 September 2019.
  6. "Christian Bravo, padre e hijo unidos por el fútbol" [Christian Bravo: Father and son united by football] (in Spanish). 24horas.cl. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
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