The day after Albion's dramatic comeback at Southampton, 'El Capitan' is sitting in a corridor of a Brighton meetings house discussing the motivation behind his charity work.

Bruno is about to talk to a group of participants in the Albion Goals programme, a project providing free weekly football sessions throughout Sussex, delivered alongside lifestyle and job skills workshops.

He is in as much of a comfort zone as when he is displaying his skills on the ball for the Seagulls.

Last season, Bruno signed up to the Common Goal initiative, spearheaded by former Valencia team-mate and Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata (below). Players pledge to donate at least one per cent of their salaries to help football charities worldwide use the game to tackle social issues.

The Argus: "I've been doing charities almost since I became a professional footballer," Bruno said.

"I've been lucky because my dad is a doctor and he's been going to Africa for the last 25 years. I've been seeing that since I was really, really young. I am really happy to try to help and get involved.

"We (footballers) live in a bubble. I'm not that special, it's just because I've seen things with my family. All the boys don't have that luck to see that.

"What we are trying to do with Common Goal as well is build up that confidence to the players and to the people that they can give their money and it's going to be in good hands, because sometimes it's about where is the money going to go? We are trying to build up that trust."

Joining Common Goal and championing the work of Albion In The Community, the club's charitable arm, comes naturally to Bruno from his father Manel's experiences in Africa. What has that taught him?

"That I'm really lucky and we're really lucky where we are living in this part of the world," he said. "That's why I am trying to think every day, not just wake up, try to enjoy what we've got.

"That's what I've been learning, just saying thanks to God that I've got everything to be happy.

"Some of the stories for my dad have been very hard to take. I remember always, when he came back from those journeys, for a month he wasn't there (mentally), because he realised he left a lot of people who, without him or some doctors, their lives were not going to be the same.

"I always admire those doctors. They are spending their own money, their own time or holiday time to go there and help people."

Bruno's charitable conscience is a welcome diversion from fretting about what happens next.

He knows, at 38 next month, that his playing career is in its closing stages. How much longer can he go on?

"I don't know," he said. "I am just trying to enjoy every day, every single training session, every game, because I know it could be the last one.

"It is difficult for me sometimes, seeing the end is really close."

The Argus: More difficult for Bruno, (above) perhaps, because unlike recently retired and younger team-mates Liam Rosenior and Steve Sidwell, who have both move into coaching roles with the club, he is lacking clarity.

"I think it's the hardest part for a footballer, especially if you don't have a plan B," he said.

"I've been seeing Liam since I met him with another passion for coaching. He was a really good player and I'm sure he is going to be really good at coaching as well. To find just one passion in your life is difficult, to have two is really lucky.

"For a footballer it's really difficult to deal with that but that's our life, we have to be ready for it. Both of them (Rosenior and Sidwell) have been lucky with that. They are clever men. They've got strong families as well and you need that family around you.

"To be honest, that's one of my problems, I've never had a plan B. I've always been really focused on my career playing football. It's going to be difficult. I love learning, reading, listening.

"I am going to try to get a lot of information when I'm retired and from there we will move on."

On but surely not away. Albion have already made it clear there will be a role for Bruno (below) once he retires.

The Argus: "They know I love the club, they know I love the city," he said. "For me, it would be really good but I want to feel useful as well. We will try to find a way."

England, rather than the Barcelona province of El Masnou, is home now to Bruno, wife Raquel, ten-year-old son Pol and six-year-old daughter Adriana.

He said: "I cannot go anywhere! My son is playing football every weekend. When we have international breaks, I cannot go anywhere.

"My family have adapted to the English culture. We are really enjoying our experience.

"I would like to go to Spain to see my family and friends. It's quite difficult but I'm really enjoying it here as well.

"My son plays at school and for Hove Rivervale as well but he's a goalkeeper.

"I don't know where that's come from but he enjoys it, that's the main thing.

"I'm just kicking the ball all day long to him and he's just trying to save it.

"My advice is to not encourage him to be a professional. It's a really tough career, there's not too many that make it.

"Of course we've got a nice life and one we like but sometimes there's a lot more things and it's not easy.

"I don't know, maybe I would prefer to see him do other things."

Conversation almost over, Bruno's work for Albion In The Community comes back into focus. "For me, it means a lot," he said.

"Sometimes they are saying thank-you for coming but I say thank-you to them because of how it makes you feel.

"Sometimes it seems selfish that you come and you feel really good doing good things. But what they do behind the scenes and how many people they're helping, it's incredible."