Bruno Gabriel Soares (born 21 August 1988) is a Brazilian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

for German club

SV Meppen SV Meppen is a German association football club playing in Meppen, Lower Saxony. The club was founded on 29 November 1912 as ''Amisia Meppen'' and joined ''Männer-Turnverein Meppen'' on 8 February 1920 to form ''TuS Meppen 1912''. The football ...

Career

Soares was born in

Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 million and with a metropolitan area of 6 million people. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropol ...

. He joined Duisburg in the summer of 2009, after he spent his youth and first years as a senior playing in Brazil. In summer 2012, Soares joined newly promoted

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a German football club in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, which competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fortuna entered the league ...

and signed a contract until 30 June 2015. On 23 June 2015, Soares signed a three-year contract with

Kazakhstan Premier League The Kazakhstan Professional Football League ( kk, Қазақстан Премьер Лигасы, ''Qazaqstan Premer Ligasy''), commonly referred to as Kazakh Premier League or simply Premier League, is the top division of football in Kazakhstan ...

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FC Kairat Football Club Kairat ( kk, Qaırat Fýtbol Klýby) is a professional association football, football club based in Almaty, which plays in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Football in Kazakhstan, Kazakh football. Founded in 1954 ...

. 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, eventually signing for

Eliteserien Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion ...

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Haugesund Haugesund () is a municipality on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. While the population is greater in the neighboring Karmøy municipality, the main commercial and economic centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland and southern ...

. Soares left Haugesund by mutual consent on 3 July 2017, signing with

Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv ( he, הפועל תל אביב) is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920s, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, suc ...

shortly after. On 24 December 2017, Soares was announced as a new signing for

Malaysia Super League The Malaysia Super League ( ms, Liga Super Malaysia) is the men's top professional football division of the Malaysian football league system. Administered by the Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnership (FMLLP), now known as the Malays ...

club

Johor Darul Ta'zim Johor Darul Ta'zim Football Club or simply JDT is a professional football club based in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. The club was founded in 1972 as PKENJ FC and currently competes in the top division of Malaysian football, the Malaysia Super ...

. 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. On 7 July 2021, Soares joined 3. Liga side

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on a one-year contract. However, his contract with FC Saarbrücken was terminated on 15 July due to residency issues. On 31 January 2023, Soares returned to Germany and signed with

in 3. Liga until the end of the season. On 16 August 2023, after been waiting for his work permit and residence permit,

announced that they had extended the contract with Soares.

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1988 births Footballers from Belo Horizonte Living people Men's association football central defenders Brazilian men's footballers 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Kazakhstan Premier League players Eliteserien players Liga Leumit players Austrian Football Bundesliga players 1. deild karla players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Toledo Esporte Clube players Nacional Atlético Clube Sociedade Civil Ltda. players Paraná Clube players MSV Duisburg players Fortuna Düsseldorf players FC Kairat players FK Haugesund players Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. players WSG Tirol players Handknattleiksfélag Kópavogs players SV Meppen players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia Expatriate men's footballers in Austria {{Brazil-footy-defender-1980s-stub