Bruno Paz
{{short description|Angolan footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Portuguese name|Pinto de Almeida|Paz}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Bruno Paz
| image = Bruno Paz February 2018 - 1.jpg
| caption = Paz in 2018
| fullname = Bruno Lourenço Pinto de Almeida Paz
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|4|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Barreiro, Portugal
| height = 1.80 m
| position = Defensive midfielder
| currentclub = Zimbru Chișinău
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2006–2008
| youthclubs1 = Vinhense
| youthyears2 = 2008–2010
| youthclubs2 = Barreirense
| youthyears3 = 2010–2011
| youthclubs3 = Belenenses
| youthyears4 = 2011–2016
| youthclubs4 = Sporting CP
| years1 = 2016–2018
| clubs1 = Sporting CP B
| caps1 = 31
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2018–2022
| clubs2 = Sporting CP
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2021
| clubs3 = → Farense (loan)
| caps3 = 24
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2022–2024
| clubs4 = Konyaspor
| caps4 = 34
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2025–
| clubs5 = Zimbru Chișinău
| caps5 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2013
| nationalteam1 = Portugal U15
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2013–2014
| nationalteam2 = Portugal U16
| nationalcaps2 = 14
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2014–2015
| nationalteam3 = Portugal U17
| nationalcaps3 = 17
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| nationalyears4 = 2015–2016
| nationalteam4 = Portugal U18
| nationalcaps4 = 8
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| nationalyears5 = 2016–2017
| nationalteam5 = Portugal U19
| nationalcaps5 = 9
| nationalgoals5 = 0
| nationalyears6 = 2017–2018
| nationalteam6 = Portugal U20
| nationalcaps6 = 6
| nationalgoals6 = 0
| nationalyears7 = 2023–
| nationalteam7 = Angola
| nationalcaps7 = 6
| nationalgoals7 = 0
| pcupdate = 8 January 2025
| ntupdate = 14:42, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
}}
Bruno Lourenço Pinto de Almeida Paz (born 23 April 1998) is a footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Moldovan Liga club Zimbru Chișinău.{{Soccerway|bruno-paz/374831}} Born in Portugal, he plays for the Angola national team.
Football career
On 6 August 2016, Paz made his professional debut with Sporting B in a 2016–17 LigaPro match against Portimonense.{{cite news | date=2016-08-06| title=Sporting B 1-2 Portimonense | url=https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=201715400110103| publisher=ForaDeJogo| accessdate=2016-08-09}}
Paz made his senior debut for Sporting CP in December 2018, when he was a 73rd-minute substitute in a 3-0 Europa League win over Vorskla Poltava.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/sport/football/transfer-news/lowdown-3m-euro-rated-midfielder-4183660|title = The lowdown on 3m euro-rated midfielder linked with Reds|date = 2 June 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/12/13/europe/uefa-cup/sporting-clube-de-portugal/fc-vorskla-poltava/2909572/|title = Sporting Lisbon vs. Vorskla - 13 December 2018 - Soccerway}}
On 23 May 2022, Paz signed a two-year contract (with one-year extension option) with Konyaspor in Turkey.{{cite web|publisher=Konyaspor|url=https://www.konyaspor.org.tr/Haber/bruno-paz-ittifak-holding-konyasporumuzda/6752|title=Bruno Paz İttifak Holding Konyaspor’umuzda|trans-title=Bruno Paz is at Konyaspor|date=23 May 2022|access-date=19 October 2022|language=tr}} In January 2025 he joined Zimbru Chișinău, after being a free agent since May.{{cite web |title=Zimbru a transferat doi foști jucători a naționalelor de tineret a Portugaliei și Austriei |url=https://moldfootball.com/ro/news/-zimbru-podpisal-byvshikh-igrokov-junosheskikh-sbornykh-portugalii-i-avstrii |website=moldfootball |language=Romanian |date=8 January 2025}}
International career
Paz was born in Portugal to Angolan parents. He's a youth international for Portugal, having played up to the Portugal U20s. He was called up to the Angola national team for 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches in March 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.record.pt/internacional/detalhe/pedro-soares-goncalves-convence-bruno-paz-a-atuar-por-angola|title=Pedro Soares Gonçalves convence Bruno Paz a atuar por Angola|website=www.record.pt}}
References
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External links
- {{ForaDeJogo}}
- [http://www.ligaportugal.pt/oou/clube/20162017/ledmanligapro/40/jogador/71046 Stats and profile at LPFP] {{in lang|pt}}
- [https://www.fpf.pt/pt/Jogadores/Pesquisar-Jogadores-Internacionais/Jogador/playerId/820548 National team data] {{in lang|pt}}
{{FC Zimbru Chișinău squad}}
{{Angola squad 2023 Africa Cup of Nations}}
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Category:Angola men's international footballers
Category:Angolan expatriate men's footballers
Category:Angolan men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Category:FC Zimbru Chișinău players
Category:Footballers from Barreiro, Portugal
Category:Konyaspor footballers
Category:Liga Portugal 2 players
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Moldovan Super Liga players
Category:Portugal men's youth international footballers
Category:Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Moldova
Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Category:Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Moldova
Category:Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Category:Portuguese men's footballers
Category:Portuguese sportspeople of Angolan descent
Category:Sporting CP B players
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