Bruno Soares (footballer)

Bruno Soares

Soares with Fortuna Düsseldorf in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Bruno Gabriel Soares
Date of birth	(1988-08-21) 21 August 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Rot Weiss Ahlen
Number	14
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997	Coritiba
1997	→ Toledo EC (loan)
2008	Nacional
2008–2009	Paraná Clube
2009–2012	MSV Duisburg	76	(4)
2012–2015	Fortuna Düsseldorf	44	(1)
2015–2017	Kairat	27	(1)
2017	Haugesund	2	(0)
2017	Hapoel Tel Aviv	13	(0)
2018–2019	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	15	(1)
2020–2021	WSG Tirol	20	(0)
2021	FC Saarbrücken	0	(0)
2022–2023	HK	19	(3)
2023–2024	SV Meppen	36	(4)
2024–	Rot Weiss Ahlen	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:07, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Bruno Gabriel Soares (born 21 August 1988) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for German club Rot Weiss Ahlen.[1]

Career

Soares was born in Belo Horizonte. He joined Duisburg in the summer of 2009, after he spent his youth and first years as a senior playing in Brazil.[2]

In summer 2012, Soares joined newly promoted Fortuna Düsseldorf and signed a contract until 30 June 2015.[3]

On 23 June 2015, Soares signed a three-year contract with Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Kairat.[4] Despite being linked with a loan move to Ordabsay at the start of 2017, Soares left Kairat before the start of the 2017 season, becoming a free agent,[5] eventually signing for Eliteserien side Haugesund.[6] Soares left Haugesund by mutual consent on 3 July 2017,[7] signing with Hapoel Tel Aviv shortly after.

On 24 December 2017, Soares was announced as a new signing for Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim.[8] Initially brought in to played for senior team, but after poor performance during AFC Champions league play off against Muangthong he had been demoted to the JDTII.[9]

On 7 July 2021, Soares joined 3. Liga side FC Saarbrücken on a one-year contract.[10][11] However, his contract with FC Saarbrücken was terminated on 15 July due to residency issues.[12][13]

On 31 January 2023, Soares returned to Germany and signed with SV Meppen in 3. Liga until the end of the season.[14] On 16 August 2023, after waiting for his work permit and residence permit, SV Meppen announced that they had extended the contract with Soares.[15]

Career statistics

As of match played 8 December 2017[16]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
MSV Duisburg	2009–10	2. Bundesliga	6	1	1	0	–		–		–		7	1
	2010–11		30	1	5	0	–		–		–		35	1
	2011–12		32	2	2	0	–		–		–		34	2
	Total		68	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	76	4
Fortuna Düsseldorf	2012–13	Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	–		–		–		0	0
	2013–14	2. Bundesliga	20	0	0	0	–		–		–		20	0
	2014–15		23	1	1	0	–		–		–		24	1
	Total		43	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	1
Kairat	2015	Kazakhstan Premier League	14	0	2	0	–		8	0	–		24	0
	2016		2	0	0	0	–		0	0	1	0	3	0
	Total		16	1	2	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	27	1
Haugesund	2017	Eliteserien	0	0	2	0	–		–		–		2	0
Hapoel Tel Aviv	2017–18	Israeli Premier League	13	0	0	0	0	0	–		–		13	0
Johor Darul Ta'zim	2018	Malaysia Super League	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–		1	0
WSG Tirol	2019–20	Austrian Bundesliga	10	0	1	0	–		0	0	–		11	0
	2020–21		10	0	0	0	–		0	0	–		10	0
	Total		20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0
FC Saarbrucken	2021–22	3. Liga	0	0	0	0	–		–		–		0	0
Career total			160	6	14	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	183	6

References

1. Bruno Soares at WorldFootball.net
2. "Bruno Soares: Brasilianer wechselt zum MSV Duisburg" [Bruno Soares: Brazilian goes to MSV Duisburg] (in German). zweitligamannschaften.de. 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
3. "Fortuna verpflichtet Bruno Soares" (in German). Fortuna Düsseldorf. 28 May 2012. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
4. "СОАРЕС В КАЙРАТЕ" (in Russian). FC Kairat. 23 June 2015. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
5. "Бруно Соареса не будет в Ордабасы". sports.kz (in Russian). Sports KZ. 5 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
6. "Mer samba på Haugesund Stadion". fkh.no (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
7. "Soares ferdigspilt i FKH". www.fkh.no (in Norwegian). Haugesund FK. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
8. "WELCOME TO JDT FAMILY, BRUNO". johorsoutherntigers.com.my. Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. 24 December 2017. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
9. "Talking points from JDT's big loss to Muangthong | Goal.com".
10. Saarbrücken, 1. FCS. "FCS nimmt Bruno Soares unter Vertrag" (in German). Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
11. Cordier, Patric (7 July 2021). "Profi mit viel Erfahrung: 1. FC Saarbrücken holt Innenverteidiger Soares". Saarbrücker Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 8 July 2021.
12. "FCS löst Vertrag mit Bruno Soares wegen fehlender Spielerlaubnis auf". www.fc-saarbruecken.de (in German). Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
13. "Ungeklärter Aufenthaltsstatus: Saarbrücken löst Vertrag mit Bruno Soares auf". kicker (in German). Retrieved 15 July 2021.
14. "SVM verpflichtet Bruno Soares" (in German). SV Meppen. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
15. "Bruno Soares bleibt beim SVM" (in German). SV Meppen. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
16. Bruno Soares at Soccerway