Brandon Soppy | |
Full Name: | Beanou-Junior Brandon Deflorent Soppy[1] |
Birth Date: | 21 February 2002 |
Birth Place: | Aubervilliers, France |
Height: | 1.81 m |
Position: | Right-back |
Currentclub: | Atalanta |
Clubnumber: | 21 |
Youthyears1: | 2011–2017 |
Youthclubs1: | CFF Paris |
Youthyears2: | 2017–2020 |
Youthclubs2: | Rennes |
Years1: | 2018–2021 |
Clubs1: | Rennes II |
Caps1: | 12 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2020–2021 |
Clubs2: | Rennes |
Caps2: | 10 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2021–2022 |
Clubs3: | Udinese |
Caps3: | 29 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2022– |
Clubs4: | Atalanta |
Caps4: | 15 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2023–2024 |
Clubs5: | → Torino (loan) |
Caps5: | 5 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2024 |
Clubs6: | → Schalke 04 (loan) |
Caps6: | 5 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2017–2018 |
Nationalteam1: | France U16 |
Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2018–2019 |
Nationalteam2: | France U17 |
Nationalcaps2: | 16 |
Nationalgoals2: | 2 |
Nationalyears3: | 2019 |
Nationalteam3: | France U18 |
Nationalcaps3: | 11 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Nationalyears4: | 2022 |
Nationalteam4: | France U20 |
Nationalcaps4: | 1 |
Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 2 June 2024 |
Beanou-Junior Brandon Deflorent Soppy (born 21 February 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as right-back for Serie A club Atalanta.
Soppy began playing football at Bobigny, before joining CFFP aged 12–13. He moved to INF Clairefontaine, and later signed for Rennes's youth academy.[2]
Soppy signed his first professional contract with Rennes aged 16; the following year, he played for their reserve team in the Championnat National 3. In August 2020, Soppy made his Ligue 1 debut aged 18, in a 2–2 draw against Lille.[3]
In summer 2021, Soppy joined Udinese in the Serie A; he played 30 games during the 2021–22 season: 28 in Serie A and two in the Coppa Italia.
On 19 August 2022, Soppy joined fellow Serie A side Atalanta.
He then moved to Torino on a season-long loan on 31 August 2023.[4]
On 1 February 2024, he was loaned to German club Schalke 04 until the end of the season.[5]
Initially a centre-back, Soppy moved to right-back at the end of his first year at Rennes. He is known for his direct style of play and crossing ability.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Rennes II | 2018–19 | National 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | National 3 | 10 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
2020–21 | National 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 12 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||||
Rennes | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
Udinese | 2021–22 | Serie A | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | ||||
Atalanta | 2022–23 | Serie A | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | ||
Torino (loan) | 2023–24 | Serie A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
Schalke 04 (loan) | 2023–24 | 2. Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Career total | 76 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 82 | 0 |