Bruno Henrique (footballer, born 1990)

This article is about the Brazilian footballer born 1990. For other people, see Bruno Henrique.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Henriqueand the second or paternal family name is Pinto.

Bruno Henrique

Bruno Henrique in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Bruno Henrique Pinto [1]
Date of birth	(1990-12-30) 30 December 1990 (age 34) [1]
Place of birth	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height	1.84 m (6 ft ½ in) [1]
Position(s)	Winger / Forward
Team information
Current team	Flamengo
Number	27
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2013	Cruzeiro	0	(0)
2012–2013	→ Uberlândia (loan)	8	(0)
2014	Uberlândia	12	(5)
2014	→ Itumbiara (loan)	12	(7)
2015	Goiás	49	(12)
2016–2017	VfL Wolfsburg	14	(0)
2017–2019	Santos	69	(12)
2019–	Flamengo	209	(85)
International career‡
2019	Brazil	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 August 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 September 2019

Bruno Henrique Pinto (born 30 December 1990), known as Bruno Henrique, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a winger for Flamengo and the Brazil national team.

He made his Campeonato Brasileiro Série A debut with Goiás in 2015 and then moved to Germany, where he made just 17 appearances in a year with VfL Wolfsburg before returning home to Santos for €4 million. In January 2019, he moved to Flamengo for a fee of R$23 million, and won the Campeonato Carioca, Brazilian Serie A and Libertadores Cup in his first year, ending as top scorer in the first and voted The Best of the tournament in the last, being the first in the history of the Libertadores to be rewarded with a 18k gold and diamonds ring. ^[2]

Bruno Henrique made his senior international debut for Brazil in 2019.

Club career

Early career

Born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Bruno Henrique joined Cruzeiro after being named the best player of the 2012 Copa Itatiaia (an amateur competition in the state) while playing for Inconfidência FC. ^[3] He made his senior debuts while on loan at Uberlândia in 2012, and after another loan stint at the club, ^[4] signed a permanent deal in late 2013, ^[5] after recovering from an Achilles tendon rupture, as his contract with Cruzeiro had expired. ^[6]

In July 2014 Bruno Henrique was loaned to Itumbiara. ^[7] He scored seven goals in only 12 matches for the side, including braces against América-GO and Iporá.

Goiás

After scoring seven goals for Itumbiara, Bruno Henrique moved to Goiás on 7 January 2015. ^[8] He made his debut for the club late in the month by starting in a 2–2 Campeonato Goiano home draw against Trindade, and scored his first goal on 4 February in a 3–1 away win against CRAC.

Bruno Henrique made his Série A debut on 10 May, starting in a 0–0 away draw against Vasco. ^[9] He scored his first goals in the category six days later, netting his team's all goals in a 2–0 home win against Atlético Paranaense. ^[10]

Wolfsburg

Bruno Henrique moved abroad for the first time in his career on 29 January 2016, joining Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg. ^[11] He made his debut in the category on 6 February, coming on as a second half substitute for Max Kruse in a 3–0 away loss against FC Schalke 04.

Bruno Henrique made his UEFA Champions League debut on 6 April 2016, starting and assisting Maximilian Arnold's second goal in a 2–0 home win against Real Madrid; ^[12] he also started in the second leg six days later, a 3–0 loss at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium which knocked his side out of the competition. ^[13]

Santos

Bruno Henrique playing for Santos in 2017.

On 23 January 2017, Bruno Henrique joined Santos back in his home country, after an € 4 million offer was accepted by Wolfsburg. ^[14] He was officially announced at his new club four days later, signing a four-year contract. ^[15]

Bruno Henrique made his debut for the club on 12 February 2017, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 3–2 Campeonato Paulista away win against Red Bull Brasil. He scored his first goals on 12 March, netting a hat-trick in a 4–1 away routing of São Bernardo FC. ^[16]

On 23 July 2017, Bruno Henrique scored all his team's goals in a 3–0 home defeat of Bahia. He finished the season with 18 goals and 11 assists, being best of his team in both attributes. ^[17]

Bruno Henrique only played for ten minutes during the first match of the 2018 season before suffering an eye injury which kept him out for three months. ^[18]

Flamengo

On 23 January 2019, Bruno Henrique agreed to a deal with fellow top tier club Flamengo, ^[19] for a rumoured fee of R$23 million, plus Jean Lucas on loan to Santos for one year. ^[20]

In the 2019 Campeonato Carioca, Bruno Henrique finished as top scorer with eight goals, six of them as braces in Clássicos against the state's other heavyweights, Botafogo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama. ^[21] The last of these was on 14 April in a 2–0 away win in the first leg of the final, which Fla won 4–0 on aggregate. ^[22]

Bruno Henrique with Flamengo in 2019

On Bruno Henrique's Série A debut for Flamengo on 22 April, he scored twice in a 3–1 home comeback win over his former team Cruzeiro, who had not lost in 2019. ^[23] By late October in the end stages of the national championship, Bruno Henrique and strike partner Gabriel Barbosa had 60 goals over the year, more than five whole Série A teams. ^[24] On 3 November, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–1 win over Corinthians at the Maracanã Stadium. ^[25]

Bruno Henrique scored five goals in the 2019 Copa Libertadores, which his club won for the second time in their history. In the quarter-final against compatriots Internacional, he scored both goals in the first leg and assisted Gabriel Barbosa's equaliser in the second, for the Rubro-Negro to make the last four for the first time in 35 years. ^[26] In the final on 23 November in Lima, Peru, Flamengo won 2–1 with a late comeback against River Plate. Deep into added time, Bruno Henrique was kicked while on the floor by opponent Exequiel Palacios who was sent off, while Gabriel Barbosa was also dismissed for applauding the decision. ^[27] He was named Player of the Tournament by CONMEBOL. ^[28]

At the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar, Flamengo finished as runners-up to Liverpool. Bruno Henrique scored in the semi-finals as the team came from behind to win 3–1 against Asian champions Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia. ^[29]

On 6 January 2024, Bruno Henrique extended his contract with Flamengo until December 2026. ^[30]

International career

Coach Tite called up Bruno Henrique to the Brazil squad in August 2019 for friendlies against Colombia and Peru in the United States. He debuted against the former at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on 6 September, replacing Philippe Coutinho for the last ten minutes of a 2–2 draw. ^[31]

Personal life

Bruno Henrique's older brother, Juninho, is also a footballer and a forward. Both played together at Uberlândia in 2013. ^[32]

Style of play

Described as "a complete player" by former coach Jorge Jesus, ^[33] Bruno Henrique is most well known for his acceleration and pace, being considered one of the fastest strikers in the world. ^[34] He is usually deployed as a winger or a striker in the left side of the attack, where he uses his dribbling technique and speed to beat opponents in one-on-one situations.

Since joining Flamengo in 2019, Bruno Henrique has been dubbed "Rei dos Clássicos" ("King of derbies") for often scoring against local rivals Vasco da Gama, Fluminense and Botafogo. ^[35]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 July 2024 ^[36]

Club	Season	League			State league [a]		National cup [b]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Uberlândia	2012	Mineiro Módulo II	—		1	0	—		—		9 [c]	4	10	4
	2013		—		7	0	—		—		—		7	0
	2014		—		12	5	—		—		—		12	5
	Total		—		20	5	—		—		9	4	29	9
Itumbiara (loan)	2014 [37]	Goiano 2ª Divisão	—		12	7	—		—		—		12	7
Goiás	2015	Série A	33	7	16	5	6	0	2 [d]	0	—		57	12
VfL Wolfsburg	2015–16	Bundesliga	7	0	—		0	0	2 [e]	0	0	0	9	0
	2016–17		7	0	—		1	0	—		—		8	0
	Total		14	0	—		1	0	2	0	0	0	17	0
Santos	2017	Série A	28	8	12	3	4	4	9 [f]	3	—		53	18
	2018		28	1	1	0	2	1	2 [f]	0	—		33	2
	Total		56	9	13	3	6	5	11	3	—		86	20
Flamengo	2019	Série A	33	21	11	8	3	0	13 [f]	5	2 [g]	1	62	35
	2020		31	9	10	5	4	1	6 [f]	4	2 [h]	2	53	21
	2021		24	11	7	1	5	2	11 [f]	6	1 [i]	0	48	20
	2022		8	1	7	0	1	0	6 [f]	1	1 [i]	1	23	3
	2023		29	2	—		5	2	4 [f]	3	—		38	7
	2024		12	4	13	2	1	0	5 [f]	0	—		31	6
	Total		137	48	48	16	19	5	45	19	6	4	255	92
Career total			240	64	109	36	32	10	60	22	15	8	456	140

1. Includes Campeonato Mineiro Módulo II, Campeonato Goiano Segunda Divisão, Campeonato Goiano, Campeonato Paulista, Campeonato Carioca
2. Includes Copa do Brasil, DFB-Pokal
3. Appearances in Taça Minas Gerais
4. Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
5. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
6. Appearances in Copa Libertadores
7. Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
8. One appearance and one goal in Recopa Sudamericana, one appearance and one goal in Supercopa do Brasil
9. Appearance in Supercopa do Brasil

International

As of 31 October 2019. ^[38]

Brazil
Year	Apps	Goals
2019	2	0
Total	2	0

Honours

Club

Goiás

• Campeonato Goiano: 2015

Flamengo

• Copa Libertadores: 2019, ^[28] 2022
• Recopa Sudamericana: 2020 ^[39]
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2019, 2020
• Copa do Brasil: 2022, 2024
• Supercopa do Brasil: 2020, 2021 ^[40]
• Campeonato Carioca: 2019, ^[21] 2020, 2021, 2024

Individual

• Copa Libeetadores Best Player: 2019 ^[28]
• Copa Libertadores top assist provider: 2019, ^[28] 2022 ^[41]
• Copa Libertadores Team of the Tournament: 2019
• Troféu Mesa Redonda Best Player: 2019 ^[42]
• Best Winger in Brazil: 2017, ^[43] 2019, ^[42] 2021 ^[44]
• Bola de Prata: 2019 ^[45]
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Best Player: 2019 ^[46]
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year: 2019 ^[46]
• Campeonato Carioca Top scorer: 2019 ^[21]
• Campeonato Carioca top assist provider: 2019
• Campeonato Carioca Team of the Year: 2019, 2020 ^[47]
• South American Footballer of the Year Silver Ball: 2019 ^[48]
• South American Team of the Year: 2019
• FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball: 2019 ^[49]

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External links

• Bruno Henrique at Soccerway