Angolan footballerIn this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Boialvo and the second or paternal family name is Gaspar.

Bruno Miguel Boialvo Gaspar (born 21 April 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Vitória S.C. and the Angolan national team.

After starting out at Benfica's reserves, he went on to play 96 Primeira Liga matches in representation of Vitória de Guimarães and Sporting. He also played professionally in Italy with Fiorentina, and Greece with Olympiacos.

Born in Portugal, Gaspar represented that country as a youth, before switching to Angola at senior level.

Contents

• 1 Club career
  • 1.1 Benfica
  • 1.2 Vitória Guimarães
  • 1.3 Fiorentina
  • 1.4 Sporting CP
  • 1.5 Return to Vitória
• 2 International career
• 3 Career statistics
  • 3.1 Club
• 4 Honours
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Club career

Benfica

Born in Évora, Alto Alentejo Province, Gaspar joined S.L. Benfica's youth academy as a 12-year-old. He made his professional debut for their reserves on 6 January 2013, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 away draw against C.D. Santa Clara as the visitors ended with nine players.

Gaspar scored his first goal as a senior – and in the Segunda Liga – on 15 February 2014, in a 2–0 home victory over S.C. Braga B. He finished the season with 24 appearances, helping the team finish in fifth place.

Vitória Guimarães

On 2 September 2014, Gaspar was loaned to Primeira Liga club Vitória de Guimarães. His first match in the compe*ion occurred 12 days later, in a 1–1 home draw with FC Porto where he conceded a penalty after grabbing Yacine Brahimi in the penalty area.

For the 2015–16 campaign, the move was made permanent and the player signed a four-year contract.

Fiorentina

On 19 June 2017, Gaspar agreed to a five-year deal with ACF Fiorentina from Italy. His maiden Serie A appearance took place on 27 August, when he came on as 46th-minute subs*ute for Nenad Tomović and provided the *ist to Milan Badelj in a 1–2 home loss against U.C. Sampdoria.

Sporting CP

Gaspar returned to his homeland and its capital in June 2018, signing for five seasons with Sporting CP. He scored his first goal for the club on 3 January 2019 (with collaboration from opposing player Vincent S*o), in a 2–1 home victory over C.F. Os Belenenses.

On 31 August 2019, Olympiacos F.C. announced the acquisition of Gaspar on loan. On 9 March 2021, again on loan, he joined Vancouver Whitecaps FC of the Major League Soccer with a purchase option at the end of the season, which was not activated.

Return to Vitória

Gaspar returned to Vitória Guimarães on the last day of the 2022 January transfer window (alongside Geny Catamo on loan), in a deal where Marcus Edwards moved in the opposite direction.

International career

Gaspar won his first and only cap for the Portuguese under-21 side on 13 November 2014, playing seven minutes in a 3–1 away friendly defeat against England. On 20 May 2019, he was pre-called up by Angola for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, making his debut on 8 June by featuring 29 minutes in a 2–0 friendly victory over Guinea-Bissau held in Penafiel.

Career statistics

Club

As of 19 July 2020

Honours

Sporting CP

• Taça de Portugal: 2018–19
• Taça da Liga: 2018–19

Olympiacos

• Super League Greece: 2019–20
• Greek Football Cup: 2019–20

References

External links

• Bruno Gaspar at ForaDeJogo
• Portugal national team data (in Portuguese)
• Bruno Gaspar at National-Football-Teams.com