Bruna (footballer, born 1984)

{{short description|Brazilian footballer (born 1984)}}

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{{Portuguese name|Amarante|da Silva}}

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| name = Bruna

| image =

| fullname = Bruna Amarante da Silva

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1984|05|12}}

| birth_place = Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

| height = 1.71m

| position = Centre back

| currentclub = São José

| clubnumber = 4

| years1 = 2007

| clubs1 = Mato Grosso do Sul/Saad

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| goals1 =

| years2 = 2008

| clubs2 = Saad

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 2010

| clubs3 = Volta Redonda

| years4 = 2011

| clubs4 = Palmeiras

| years5 = 2011–2012

| clubs5 = Rio Preto

| years6 = 2012–2013

| clubs6 = BIIK Kazygurt

| years7 = 2014

| clubs7 = Francana

| years8 = 2014

| clubs8 = Vasco da Gama

| caps8 = 3

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2016

| clubs9 = CRESSPOM

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| years10 = 2016–2019

| clubs10 = Foz Cataratas

| caps10 = 41

| goals10 = 1

| years11 = 2019

| clubs11 = CRESSPOM

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| years12 = 2020–2021

| clubs12 = São José

| caps12 = 29

| goals12 = 0

| years13 = 2021–2022

| clubs13 = CRESSPOM

| caps13 = 13

| goals13 = 0

| years14 = 2022

| clubs14 = Recanto da Criança

| caps14 = 0

| goals14 = 0

| years15 = 2023–

| clubs15 = São José

| caps15 = 5

| goals15 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2010–2015

| nationalteam1 = Equatorial Guinea

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| pcupdate = 28 May 2023

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Bruna Amarante da Silva (born 12 May 1984), known mononymously as Bruna, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Série A2 club São José EC.

Bruna played previously in the Kazakhstani women's football championship for BIIK Kazygurt,[http://www.kff.kz/eng/clubs/83 Team squad] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827070629/http://www.kff.kz/eng/clubs/83 |date=2012-08-27 }} in the Kazakhstani Football Association's website with which she made her Champions League debut in August 2012.{{UEFA player}} She had played before in her home country.[http://www.diarioweb.com.br/fmdiario/Noticias/Esportes/70797,,Futebol+feminino+do+Juventude+vai+disputar+pela+1+vez+a+Copa+do+Brasil.aspx Juventude's women's football will play for the first time the Brazilian Cup.] FM Diário, 29/07/11

Bruna was part of the Equatorial Guinea women's national football team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710102601/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=329863/index.html|title=FIFA Player Statistics: BRUNA|website=FIFA.com|url=http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=329863/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 July 2011}}

On 5 October 2017, Bruna and other nine Brazilian footballers were declared by FIFA as ineligible to play for Equatorial Guinea.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y=2017/m=10/news=equatorial-guinea-expelled-from-fifa-women-s-world-cup-france-2019-2910394.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006012154/http://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y=2017/m=10/news=equatorial-guinea-expelled-from-fifa-women-s-world-cup-france-2019-2910394.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 6, 2017|publisher=FIFA.com|title=Equatorial Guinea expelled from FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019|date=October 5, 2017|accessdate=October 5, 2017}}

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