Bruno Betancor

Bruno Betancor
Personal information
Full name Bruno Emanuel Betancor Baeza
Date of birth (2003-12-18)18 December 2003
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death 22 July 2026(2026-07-22) (aged 22)
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Forward
Youth career
Fénix
2022–2023 Peñarol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023–2024 Peñarol 10 (0)
2024 → Everton (loan) 7 (1)
2024 → Rentistas (loan) 12 (0)
2025 Cerro 4 (0)
2025 Al Ain 0 (0)
2026 Cerrito 0 (0)
2026 Deportivo Italiano 4 (2)
Total 37 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bruno Emanuel Betancor Baeza (18 December 2003 – 22 July 2026) was a Uruguayan professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

As a child, Betancor played baby fútbol for club Siete Estrellas from the 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]

His last club was Deportivo Italiano.[7]

Personal life and death

In his identity document, his surname was written Bentancor but he stated it was really Betancor.[8]

Betancor died in the early hours of 22 July 2026, due to cardiorespiratory arrest. He was 22.[7][9]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Peñarol 2023 Uruguayan Primera División 1100020130
Everton 2024 Chilean Primera División 7100—71
Career total 1810020201

References

  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. 1 2 "A sus 22 años falleció Bruno Bentancor, el exjugador de Peñarol que defendía a Deportivo Italiano". EL PAIS (in Spanish). 23 July 2026. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "¿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.
  9. ↑ "Falleció el futbolista Bruno Betancor este miércoles por un paro cardiorrespiratorio". Montevideo.com.uy. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
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