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Lisbon - Eleven-year career more of Bruno Alves spent in his native Portugal. Alves is now also trying their luck with testing the new competition in Russia with Zenit St. Petersburg.

Alves Porto as the owner has approved proposals worth 22 million euros to pay the proffered Zenit 28-year-old defender. Further medical tests melakoni Alves lived to complete his move to UEFA Cup winner in 2008's.

Alves in the last two years become one of the incarnates tough defender on the continent. Menjulan 190 cm tall, hard tekel and straightforward and aggressive game makes a lot of big European clubs ogled and one of them had Real Madrid.

Though he raised his name in Porto barun when Jose Mourinho has left the club, namely in 2005 after three seasons, one of which lent to the Greek club AEK Athens. Total Alves has appeared 118 times and scored 13 goals for the do Dragão.

Alves, who served as captain of Porto since 2009 national team debut in Portugal in June 2007 and since then he became a starter on defense subscription Seleccao Das Quinas with Ricardo Carvalho or Pepe.

At the World Cup and then the owner of 35 caps and five goals with Portugal's played all 90 minutes in four games before finally eliminated in round 16 of the Spanish.

By joining Alves, Zenit is currently sitting atop the Russian League standings, would be the stronger its Connection Portugal after previously having Danny and Fernando Meira.