Claudio Bravo - goalkeeper of Chile and "Manchester City"

Claudio Bravo is a goalkeeper from Chile, who plays for the English club Manchester City. He was 33 this year, but so far he has not shown signs of aging and is playing at a fairly high level, being at the peak of his career. Claudio Bravo stands exclusively on the position of the goalkeeper and was remembered for his sharp rise thanks to the 2014 World Cup.

Carier start

Claudio Bravo - goalkeeper, born April 13, 1983 in Chile, where he began to get involved in football. His father saw in him a real goalkeeper talent and took him to the academy of the local club "Kolo-Kolo." There Bravo trained for a long time and in 2001 concluded a professional contract with this club.

However, he debuted in the club, he did not immediately. First time Claudio was on the bench, and only in 2003, when the main goalkeeper suffered a serious injury, a young Chilean was able to flash. In his first season he went on the field and 26 games, and even when the main goalkeeper recovered, Bravo firmly took his place at the gate.

The next two and a half years, the main goalkeeper of "Kolo-Kolo" was Claudio Bravo. The goalkeeper held a total of 133 matches for the team, winning with her in 2005 the Chilean Championship. And in the summer of 2006 came a proposal from Europe - "Real Sociedad" wanted to see in their ranks 23-year-old Chilean goalkeeper. As a result, the transfer took place, and Kolo-Kolo received a half million euro for its pupil.

Moving to Europe

In the new club Claudio Bravo, goalkeeper without the experience of playing in Europe, immediately took the place at the base. In the first season he played 30 matches, impressed by the fans. However, in 2007 he was on the bench, and the place in the gate was taken by Riesgo. But a year later the Chilean competitor left the club, and Bravo became a full-fledged number one for the next six years. During this time he played 237 matches for Real Sociedad, having entered the top ten of the club's record holders. And in the summer of 2014 the World Cup was held, in which Bravo showed himself in all its glory, interested in the leading clubs in Europe. If before that he calmly played for Real Sociedad and did not claim for something more, then in 2014 he had unlimited opportunities. As a result, for 12 million euros, he moved to one of the strongest clubs in the world - the Catalan "Barcelona".

Going to Barcelona

Chilean goalkeeper Claudio Bravo immediately turned out to be one of the key figures of the team - he spent 72 games in two seasons, twice winning the Spanish Championship, twice - the Cup of Spain, and once - the Champions League. But in the summer of 2016 there was an interesting story, because of which Bravo left the club. The fact is that the English "Manchester City" was headed by Pep Guardiola, who wanted to see a goalkeeper like Bravo in his club, but he had Joe Hart, the captain of the team and the fan favorite. However, Guardiola is known for his huge ego, so he survived from the club Hart, and Barcelona by that time promised the young German keeper Ter Stegen that he would be number one. Therefore, in August for 18 million euros Claudio Bravo moved to Manchester City.

The game for "Manchester City"

With the English club, the Chilean concluded a four-year contract and this season he played in ten matches, four of which did not miss a single goal. Guardiola fully trusts Claudio, so in the next two to three years he has nothing to worry about: he will always have a place at the heart of Manchester City.

National team appearances

In the Chilean team Claudio Bravo has been performing for a very long time - since 2004, when he made his debut in the match against Paraguay in the 2004 America's Cup. To date, he played 106 games for the national team and is the record holder: not one Chilean footballer went to the national team's shirt on the field so often. He has been captain of the team since 2009, played at the 2010 and 2014 World Championships, as well as the triumphant Chilean Cups of 2015 and 2016.