Daniel Bravo (born 9 February 1963) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. With the exception of a stint at Serie A's Parma, he spent all of his career in his native France, playing 217 matches for Paris Saint-Germain. He won the UEFA European Championship with France in 1984.

Daniel Bravo
Bravo in 2012
Personal information
Full name Daniel Bravo[1]
Date of birth (1963-02-09) 9 February 1963 (age 61)[2]
Place of birth Toulouse, France
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1983 Nice 91 (18)
1983–1987 Monaco 122 (22)
1987–1989 Nice 50 (18)
1989–1996 Paris Saint-Germain 217 (23)
1996–1997 Parma 24 (0)
1997–1998 Lyon 14 (4)
1998–1999 Marseille 20 (1)
1999–2000 Nice 19 (1)
Total 557 (87)
International career
1982–1989 France 13 (1)
Medal record
Representing  France
UEFA European Championship
Winner 1984
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Bravo was born in Toulouse to Spanish immigrants escaping the Spanish civil war settling in southern France.[2] He made his debut for OGC Nice[3] at 17 years of age in a game against Metz in the French Championship D1. Despite the relegation of Nice to D2 in 1982, he was called up to the French team to face Italy in February 1982.[4] That night, the Blues beat Italy for the first time in over sixty years, and Bravo scored their second goal.

He stayed at Nice for their spell in D2 for one season and managed to score eleven goals. He then signed for AS Monaco.[5] This was the beginning of a series of clubs he would play for that would lead to him playing for Paris Saint Germain and then in Italy. With the France national team, Bravo played infrequently in the blue jersey, but still participated in the victorious Euro 1984, replacing Jean-Marc Ferreri, during the match against Yugoslavia.[citation needed]

Whilst at Marseille he played in the 1999 UEFA Cup Final.[citation needed]

Personal life

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He is married to singer Eva Bravo and the actor and model Lucas Bravo is their son.[6]

Honours

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Monaco

Paris Saint-Germain

France

References

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  1. ^ "DB Consulting". BFM Verif (in French). NextInteractive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
    "Daniel Bravo". BFM Business (in French). NextInteractive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Daniel Bravo". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Daniel Bravo – Fiche de stats du joueur de football". Pari-et-gagne.com. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  4. ^ "FFF : Equipe de France, football, Bleus, Laurent Blanc, émotion bleue, vidéo, blueprint, boutique". Fff.fr. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  5. ^ thibo 1 (13 July 2009). "Historique Daniel Bravo : Le Petit Prince – Toute l'actualité de l'AS MONACO – ASM FC – Planete-ASM". Planete-asm.fr. Archived from the original on 15 March 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Everything you need to know about Emily in Paris star Lucas Bravo".
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