Christian Bravo
Personal information
Full name Christian Daniel Bravo Araneda[1]
Date of birth (1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 (age 30)[1]
Place of birth Iquique, Chile
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Cobreloa
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)
2013–2014 → 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 10 (0)
2021 Everton 15 (1)
2022 Montevideo Wanderers 31 (2)
2023 Barnechea 29 (7)
2024– Cobreloa 0 (0)
International career‡
2013 Chile U20 5 (1)
2014 Chile U21 4 (2)
2019– Chile 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2019

Christian Daniel Bravo Araneda (born 1 October 1993) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a winger for Cobreloa.

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]

In 2024, he signed with Cobreloa.[5]

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.[6]

Personal life

He is son of Chilean former international footballer Christian Bravo Franke.[7]

He is nicknamed Plancha (Plate/Printed image).[8]

Honours

Universidad de Chile
Universidad Católica

References

  1. ^ a b "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: Chile" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2013. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013.
  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. ^ Ortega, Pablo (5 January 2024). "Cobreloa ficha a figura del Ascenso que pasó por la U y la UC". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Honduras v Chile game report". ESPN. 10 September 2019.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "El Plancha Bravo se codea con la élite del fútbol uruguayo: "Forlán me da confianza, dio el 'sí' para que llegara"" (in Spanish). Publimetro Chile. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.

External links

Cobreloa – current squad
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