Breno Borges

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Personal information
Breno
Full name	Breno Vinicius Rodrigues Borges
Date of birth	October 13, 1989 (1989-10-13) (age 18)
Place of birth	Cruzeiro, Brazil
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Central Defender
Club information
Current club	Bayern Munich
Number	35
Youth clubs
2003–2007	São Paulo
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2007 2008–	São Paulo Bayern Munich	22 (2) 01 (0)
National team
2008–	Brazil	0 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 22, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Breno Vinicius Rodrigues Borges or simply Breno (born October 13, 1989 in Cruzeiro), is a Brazilian central defender. He currently plays for Bayern Munich.

1 Career
2 Honours
3 Personal Honours
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Career

Breno was the captain of Brazilian U23 national team. After entered the first team of Sao Paulo, he signed a new 4 year contract with São Paulo in July 2007.

In December 2007, had officially signed for Bayern Munich for the release clause of $18m,signing a 4 and a half year deal with the German side.^[1] Apart from Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and A.C. Milan were also interested in signing the Brazilian youngster.^[2] Breno refused to sign with Real Madrid after they wanted a bone analysis to prove his young age.^[3]

Breno was recommended to Bayern Munich by one of their former players Élber Giovane, who was later on recruited as a scout in his native country, Brazil.

He played his first competitive match for Bayern Munich against Anderlecht in a UEFA Cup knock-out stage match. The game finished off in a 2-1 defeat.

On May 27, 2008, in Oliver Kahn's farewell match against Indian team Mohun Bagan AC, he clashed with Mohun sub Cardozo, resulting in both players receiving a red card.