Breno Borges

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

Club career

São Paulo

Breno was a member of the Brazilian Olympic U-23 national team. After making their first team, he signed a new four year contract with São Paulo in July 2007.

Bayern Munich

In December 2007, Breno officially signed for Bayern Munich for the release clause of 12 million euro, signing a four and a half year deal with the German side.Along with Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Milan, Juventus and Fiorentina were also interested in signing the Brazilian youngster.

Breno was recommended to Bayern Munich by one of their former players, Giovane Élber, 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 27 May 2008, in Oliver Kahn's farewell match against Indian team Mohun Bagan AC, he clashed with Mohun sub Branco Cardozo, resulting in both players receiving a red card.

Nuremberg

After two years for FC Bayern Munich, playing only 22 games, he was loaned out to 1. FC Nuremberg on 31 December 2009....
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