Renan Bardini Bressan ( be, Рэнан Бардзіні Брэссан; born 3 November 1988) is a professional

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who plays as an

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for

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. Born in Brazil, he represented the Belarus national team.

Club career

FC Gomel

Born in

Tubarão Tubarão (lit. "shark") is a Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in southern part of Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina state. The population, according to the IBGE/2020 estimate was 106,422. It is the main city of the ...

, Santa Catarina, Bressan began his career at hometown club

Clube Atlético Tubarão Clube Atlético Tubarão is a Brazilian football team from Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil, founded on April 14, 2005 as Associação Cultural, Recreativa e Esportiva Atlético Cidade Azul but changed to Club Atlético Tubarão name in 2007, and ...

. In April 2007 he moved abroad for the first time, joining Belarusian

FC Gomel FC Gomel ( be, ФК Гомель), or FK Homiel, is a Belarusian football club, playing in the city of Gomel. Their home stadium is Central Stadium. History Teams from Gomel (usually city or raion selection or railway-based team ''Lokomotiv'', ...

BATE Borisov

On 28 January 2010, he signed with

BATE Borisov FC BATE Borisov (russian: link=no, ФК БАТЭ Борисов, ''FK BATE Borisov'' ; be, ФК БАТЭ Барысаў, ''BATE Barysaw,'' ) is a professional Belarusian football team from the city of Barysaw. The club competes in the Belarusi ...

. Bressan scored 15 goals during his first season with BATE, becoming the top scorer in the

Belarusian Premier League The Belarusian Premier League or the Vyšejšaja Liha or the Vysheyshaya Liga ( be, Вышэйшая ліга, russian: Высшая лига, "Top League") is the top division of professional football in Belarus, and is organized by the Belarusi ...

for the 2010 season. He was also selected as the best midfielder in the league for the year. On 2 October 2012, Bressan scored BATE's third goal in their 3–1 shock defeat of

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in the second game of the Champions League group stage.

Alania Vladikavkaz

In late November 2012,

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club

Alania Vladikavkaz FC Alania Vladikavkaz (russian: "Алания" (Владикавказ), os, Футболон клуб "Алани" (Дзæуджыхъæу)) is a Russian football team from Vladikavkaz. Founded in 1921, the club played in the Soviet Top League ...

acquired the services of Bressan. In October 2013, Bressan unilaterally terminated the contract because of gross violations of financial terms of the agreement by the club.

FC Astana

On 15 January 2014, Bressan signed a two-year contract with FK Aktobe, but less than a month later his contract was mutually terminated on 7 February. Bressan went on to sign a two-year contract with

FC Astana Astana Football Club ( kk, Astana Futbol Kluby) is a professional football club based in Astana. They play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh football. The club's home ground is the 30,254-seat Astana Arena stadium. Th ...

on the 10th, but was released from his contract on 12 July after only 7 games for the club.

Rio Ave

On 2 August 2014, Bressan signed a two-year contract with Portuguese

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club

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APOEL

On 24 June 2016, Bressan signed a two-year contract with reigning Cypriot champions

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. He made his competitive debut on 19 July 2016, coming on as a 58th-minute substitute in APOEL's 3–0 home win against

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for the

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of the

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. He scored his first goal for APOEL on 6 November 2016, netting the fourth goal in his team's 4–1 home victory against Karmiotissa for the

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Since February 2016, it is sponsored by Cyta and is thus officially ...

. On 9 January 2017, his contract with APOEL was mutually terminated.

International career

Bressan also has

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and is eligible to play in official competitions for the Belarus national team since April 2012. He made his debut for Belarus on 29 February 2012 in a

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against

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. During the football tournament of the

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he was one of three overage players selected by the Belarusian federation and scored the only goal for Belarus U23 in a 3–1 loss against the country he was born in –

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International goals

Honours

BATE Borisov *

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: 2009–10 *

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Astana *

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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Individual *

top scorer:

* Belarusian Footballer of the Year: 2012

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bressan, Renan Bardini 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Santa Catarina (state) Brazilian footballers Belarusian footballers Brazilian emigrants to Belarus Association football midfielders Olympic footballers of Belarus Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Belarus international footballers Belarusian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Belarusian Premier League players Russian Premier League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Primeira Liga players Cypriot First Division players Clube Atlético Tubarão players FC Gomel players FC BATE Borisov players FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players FC Aktobe players FC Astana players Rio Ave F.C. players APOEL FC players G.D. Chaves players Cuiabá Esporte Clube players Paraná Clube players Esporte Clube Juventude players Clube de Regatas Brasil players Criciúma Esporte Clube players Vila Nova Futebol Clube players