:Gerardo Bravo
{{short description|Peruvian footballer (born 1981)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Gerardo Bravo
| image = GerardoBravoLABlues2011.jpg
| image_size = 250
| caption = LA Blues' Gerardo Bravo
| fullname = Gerardo Miguel Bravo Benavides
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|12|22}}
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub =
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| youthyears1 = 2006–2008
| youthclubs1 = Los Angeles Mission Eagles
| years1 = 2007
| clubs1 = San Fernando Valley Quakes
| caps1 = 4
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2011
| clubs2 = Los Angeles Blues
| caps2 = 6
| goals2 = 1
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Gerardo Miguel Bravo Benavides (born December 22, 1981, in Lima) is a Peruvian retired footballer.
Career
=College and amateur=
Bravo moved with his family from his native Peru to the United States as a teenager, settling in Sylmar, California. He played college soccer at Los Angeles Mission College from 2006 to 2009. He also played briefly with the San Fernando Valley Quakes in the USL Premier Development League in 2007.{{cite web |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2007/roster/4069052.html |title=United Soccer Leagues (USL) |accessdate=2014-05-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007002920/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2007/roster/4069052.html |archivedate=2012-10-07 }}
=Professional=
After playing and coaching for several years in various Los Angeles-area amateur leagues, Bravo turned professional when he signed with the expansion Los Angeles Blues of the new USL Professional League in February 2010. He made his professional debut - and scored his first professional goal - on April 15, 2011, in a 3–0 victory over Sevilla Puerto Rico{{cite web |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/stats/2011/2175587.html |title=United Soccer Leagues (USL) |accessdate=2011-06-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111153930/http://www.uslsoccer.com/stats/2011/2175587.html |archivedate=2012-01-11 }}
Personal
Gerardo's brother, Jhonny Bravo, is also a professional soccer player.
References
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Category:Footballers from Lima
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Peruvian men's footballers
Category:21st-century Peruvian sportsmen
Category:San Fernando Valley Quakes players
Category:Orange County SC players
Category:USL League Two players
Category:USL Championship players
Category:People from Sylmar, Los Angeles
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