International Career
Bravo has played for various levels of the Mexican youth national system and in several amateur tournaments including the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He has accumulated 71 caps and has scored 15 goals for the senior Mexican national team.
On June 11, 2006, playing at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Bravo scored two goals on Mexico's 3–1 victory over Iran and was named the Man of the Match.. Two matches later, he failed to score a penalty kick against Portugal in a 2–1 loss for Mexico. Bravo did not play in the game against Argentina.
In 2007, Bravo was selected by former coach Hugo Sánchez to represent his country to play in a series of friendly international matches and to take part in Gold Cup 2007 and 2007 Copa América, where he scored three goals.
Bravo also played in World Cup Qualifiers and played in the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, his last international match was the third group match of the Gold Cup against Guadeloupe on July 12, 2009.
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