Bruno Emanuel Betancor Baeza (born 18 December 2003) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Uruguayan Segunda División club Rentistas on loan from Peñarol.

Bruno Betancor
Personal information
Full name Bruno Emanuel Betancor Baeza
Date of birth (2003-12-18) 18 December 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Rentistas
(on loan from Peñarol)
Number 33
Youth career
Fénix
2022–2023 Peñarol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– Peñarol 10 (0)
2024Everton (loan) 7 (1)
2024–Rentistas (loan) 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 September 2024

Club career

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As a child, Betancor played baby fútbol for club Siete Estrellas from Maroñas neighbourhood, Montevideo, alongside Ignacio Sosa.[2] A product of Fénix, Betancor joined the Peñarol under-19 team in June 2022 and made his professional debut the next year in the Uruguayan Primera División match against Liverpool on 25 March.[3][4]

In 2024, Betancor moved to Chile and signed on loan with Chilean Primera División club Everton de Viña del Mar on a deal for a year with an option to buy.[5][6]

Personal life

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In his identity document, his surname was written Bentancor, but he has stated it is really Betancor.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Bruno Betancor". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  2. ^ "En baby jugaron juntos en el Siete Estrellas y se reencontraron en el primer equipo de Peñarol". El Observador (in Spanish). 8 August 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Bruno Betancor, de casi dejar el fútbol por ser poco profesional al "click" que hizo cuando llegó a Peñarol". El País (in Spanish). 15 May 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Por qué Arias hizo debutar a Betancor, un juvenil de 19 años, cuando Peñarol perdía ante Liverpool". El Observador (in Spanish). 25 March 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Everton de Viña del Mar contrató a joven promesa uruguaya". SoyChile (in Spanish). 10 January 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Everton anunció a Bruno Betancor como séptimo refuerzo para el 2024". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  7. ^ "¿Por qué el delantero de Peñarol, Bruno Betancor, a partir de ahora será Bruno Bentancor?". El Observador (in Spanish). 2 June 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
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