Athletico’s 17-year-old promise is caught by the PM driving a luxury car in Curitiba

However, PMPR, through its press office, confirmed the approach and said that Bruninho was caught driving the vehicle. The police notified the infraction and the player was eventually released.

Finally, Athletico spoke out in a note, informing that “it was made aware of the video circulating with striker Bruninho” and that “it will take the appropriate measures after investigating the facts”.

The episode takes place the day after the red and black victory over Cruzeiro, in the seventh round of the Brasileirão 2026. Establishing himself as coach Odair Hellmann’s option, Bruninho replaced Steven Mendoza, scorer of the first goal, in the 30th minute of the second half. In addition to giving the team more energy, the number 48 had a good move in which he overcame the marker in speed, but accelerated too much and allowed goalkeeper Matheus Cunha to keep the ball.

Last week, Bruninho was called up for the first time to the Brazilian under-20 team. He was on the first list of coach Paulo Victor, who recently took office, and will be with the group for the two friendlies against Paraguay on this FIFA Date, at the end of this month. Defender Arthur Dias, Furacão’s absolute starter, was also called up, but the club made a request and ended up obtaining the defender’s release.

Athletes must stay with the under-20 team from March 23rd to 31st. Until the 26th, the team will train at the Corinthians CT, in São Paulo. On the 27th, the delegation travels to São José dos Campos, the city where the first game will take place on the 28th, scheduled for 7pm, at the Martins Pereira Stadium. Afterwards, the team returns to the capital of São Paulo, where they train on the 29th and 30th before the second game, scheduled for the 30th, at 4pm, at the Canindé stadium.

As a result, Bruninho is certain to be absent from Athletico in the game against Botafogo, valid for the fifth round of the Brasileirão. The game was initially scheduled for the 11th (Wednesday), but was postponed to March 29th (Sunday), at 4pm, at Arena da Baixada, as the Rio club had a duel against Barcelona de Guayaquil, in which they were eliminated in the third phase of the Libertadores.

Bruninho arouses interest from Europe and establishes himself in Athletico’s main squad

Attacking midfielder Bruninho is one of Athletico’s great promises and one of the new faces of the excellent crop of revelations from the youth categories. He gained prominence last year and shone in the team of aspirants in the Campeonato Paranaense. He has four goals and one assist in 14 games, and was used by Odair in the victories over Cruzeiro and Santos, in which he participated in the goal that defined the triumph, and in the defeat against Corinthians.

According to the investigation of the OneTwo Sportsthe red and black board wants to negotiate Bruninho for at least 15 million euros, around R$92.9 million. In February, the club agreed to a salary increase to increase the player’s termination fee, which has already been offered to Shakhtar Donetsk, from Ukraine.

In addition to the Ukrainians, the jewel is also monitored by Benfica, from Portugal, and Wolverhampton, from England. Any sale outside Brazilian football can only happen from August 16th, when Bruninho turns 18, in accordance with current legislation. In Brazilian football, Cruzeiro and Bahia investigated the athlete’s situation before the salary addition agreed with Furacão.