Christian Bravo
Christian Daniel Bravo Araneda (born 1 October 1993) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a winger for Cobreloa.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christian Daniel Bravo Araneda[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 October 1993[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) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 January 2024 ‡ 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.[6]
Personal life
He is son of Chilean former international footballer Christian Bravo Franke.[7]
He is nicknamed Plancha (Plate/Printed image).[8]
Career Statistics
Club
- As of 28 March 2024[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Universidad de Chile | 2011 | Chilean Primera División | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Inter Zaprešić | 2013-14 | 2. HNL | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Granada B (loan) | 2013-14 | Segunda División B | 22 | 3 | — | — | 22 | 3 | ||
| Granada B | 2014-15 | 36 | 9 | — | — | 36 | 9 | |||
| Total | 58 | 12 | — | — | 58 | 12 | ||||
| Granada | 2013-14 | La Liga | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Universidad Católica (loan) | 2015-16 | Chilean Primera División | 28 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 38 | 5 |
| 2016-17 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Total | 36 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 5 | ||
| Unión Española | 2017 | Chilean Primera División | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |
| San Luis | 2018 | Chilean Primera División | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | |
| Montevideo Wanderers | 2019 | Uruguayan Primera División | 30 | 6 | — | 6[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | 36 | 8 | |
| Peñarol | 2020 | Uruguayan Primera División | 10 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Everton | 2021 | Chilean Primera División | 27 | 2 | 9 | 1 | — | 36 | 3 | |
| Montevideo Wanderers | 2022 | Uruguayan Primera División | 31 | 2 | — | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 36 | 3 | |
| Barnechea | 2023 | Primera B de Chile | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | 31 | 7 | |
| Cobreloa | 2024 | Chilean Primera División | 4 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 1 | ||
| Career Total | 273 | 36 | 27 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 321 | 40 | ||
- Appearance(s) in Recopa Sudamericana
- Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
- One appearance in Copa Libertadores, One appearance in Copa Sudamericana
- Two appearances in Copa Libertadores, Two appearances in Copa Sudamiericana
Honours
- Universidad de Chile
- Universidad Católica
References
- "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.
- 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)
- El Granada ficha a Christian Bravo para su filial (Granada signs Christian Bravo for their reserve squad); Marca, 26 July 2013 (in Spanish)
- Tocado... y hundido (Touched... and sunken); Marca, 12 April 2014 (in Spanish)
- 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.
- "Honduras v Chile game report". ESPN. 10 September 2019.
- "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.
- "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.
- "C. BRAVO". Soccerway.
External links
- Christian Bravo at BDFutbol
- Christian Bravo at Soccerway
- Christian Bravo at National-Football-Teams.com