| Bruno Soares | |
| Full Name: | Bruno Gabriel Soares |
| Birth Date: | 21 August 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
| Height: | 1.94 m |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Currentclub: | Rot Weiss Ahlen |
| Clubnumber: | 14 |
| Years1: | 1997 |
| Clubs1: | Coritiba |
| Years2: | 1997 |
| Clubs2: | → Toledo EC (loan) |
| Years3: | 2008 |
| Clubs3: | Nacional |
| Years4: | 2008–2009 |
| Clubs4: | Paraná Clube |
| Years5: | 2009–2012 |
| Clubs5: | MSV Duisburg |
| Caps5: | 76 |
| Goals5: | 4 |
| Years6: | 2012–2015 |
| Clubs6: | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| Caps6: | 44 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2015–2017 |
| Clubs7: | Kairat |
| Caps7: | 27 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 2017 |
| Clubs8: | Haugesund |
| Caps8: | 2 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2017 |
| Clubs9: | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| Caps9: | 13 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs10: | Johor Darul Ta'zim II |
| Caps10: | 15 |
| Goals10: | 1 |
| Years11: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs11: | WSG Tirol |
| Caps11: | 20 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Years12: | 2021 |
| Clubs12: | FC Saarbrücken |
| Caps12: | 0 |
| Goals12: | 0 |
| Years13: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs13: | HK |
| Caps13: | 19 |
| Goals13: | 3 |
| Years14: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs14: | SV Meppen |
| Caps14: | 36 |
| Goals14: | 4 |
| Years15: | 2024– |
| Clubs15: | Rot Weiss Ahlen |
| Caps15: | 0 |
| Goals15: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 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.
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.[1]
In summer 2012, Soares joined newly promoted Fortuna Düsseldorf and signed a contract until 30 June 2015.[2]
On 23 June 2015, Soares signed a three-year contract with Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Kairat.[3] 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,[4] eventually signing for Eliteserien side Haugesund.[5] Soares left Haugesund by mutual consent on 3 July 2017,[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]
On 7 July 2021, Soares joined 3. Liga side FC Saarbrücken on a one-year contract.[9] [10] However, his contract with FC Saarbrücken was terminated on 15 July due to residency issues.[11] [12]
On 31 January 2023, Soares returned to Germany and signed with SV Meppen in 3. Liga until the end of the season.[13] On 16 August 2023, after waiting for his work permit and residence permit, SV Meppen announced that they had extended the contract with Soares.[14]
| 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 | |||