Bruno Perone

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Caldini and the second or paternal family name is Perone.

Bruno Caldini Perone (born 6 July 1987), or simply Bruno Perone, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender for Spanish club San Cristóbal.

Bruno Perone

Personal information
Full name	Bruno Caldini Perone
Date of birth	(1987-07-06) 6 July 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	San Cristóbal
Youth career
	São Paulo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2007	Noroeste
2007–2008	Corinthians Paranaense
2008–2010	Figueirense	22	(1)
2010–2011	Tombense	0	(0)
2010	→ Mirassol (loan)	12	(0)
2010–2011	→ Xerez (loan)	8	(0)
2011–2012	Queens Park Rangers	5	(0)
2013	Linense	14	(1)
2013	Icasa	8	(0)
2014	Tombense	0	(0)
2014	ABC	0	(0)
2015	Novorizontino	18	(0)
2015	Kerala Blasters	10	(0)
2016	Wilmington Hammerheads	28	(8)
2017–2018	Gimnàstic	34	(2)
2018–2019	Zaragoza	19	(1)
2019–2020	→ Extremadura (loan)	1	(0)
2019–2020	Extremadura	0	(0)
2019–2020	→ Gimnàstic (loan)	15	(2)
2020	→ Hércules (loan)	7	(0)
2020–2021	Horta	8	(0)
2021	Prat	18	(0)
2021–2022	Costa Brava	19	(0)
2022–2023	Cerdanyola del Vallès	26	(1)
2023–2024	Olot	10	(2)
2024–	San Cristóbal	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 September 2024

Career

Perone played eight Campeonato Brasileiro Série A games for Figueirense, having scored one goal.^[1]

On 11 August 2011, Perone joined Queens Park Rangers on a one-year deal.^[2][3] He made his debut for QPR on 23 August 2011 in a League Cup loss against Rochdale. Four days later, he made his Premier League debut playing the entire match against Wigan Athletic.

On 6 June 2012, it was announced that Perone has left Queens Park Rangers.^{[citation needed]}

25 October 2012, Nottingham Forest manager Sean O'Driscoll announced a "mystery signing". News broke on social networking site Twitter that Perone was on trial with Nottingham Forest; however, nothing came of this trial period. In January 2013, he signed for Linense.^{[citation needed]}

On 17 August 2015, he signed for Indian Super League franchise Kerala Blasters FC.^[4] The following 23 February, he joined United Soccer League side Wilmington Hammerheads.^[5]

On 7 January 2017, free agent Perone agreed to a six-month contract with Segunda División side Gimnàstic de Tarragona, after impressing on a trial basis.^[6] On 31 January of the following year, he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with fellow league team Real Zaragoza, after cutting ties with Nàstic.^[7]

On 24 January 2019, Perone was loaned to Extremadura UD, still in the Spanish second division.^[8] After narrowly avoiding relegation, he signed a permanent two-year contract with the club due to an obligatory clause in the previous loan deal,^[9] but returned to Nàstic on loan on 8 August.^[10]

On 17 January 2020, Perone moved to fellow third division side Hércules CF on loan for the remainder of the campaign.^[11]