Thomas Bruns (born 7 January 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for

Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a Dutch professional football club based in Almelo, founded in 1903. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won the Eerste Divisie title during the 2004–05 season, gaining promotion to th ...

Club career

Heracles Almelo

Born in

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, Bruns is a product of the local youth academy (Dutch source), which since 2020 has developed into an equal venture between

and FC Twente. Bruns left the Hengelo-based institute in 2011 to join Eredivisie side Heracles Almelo. A couple of months after joining the club, Bruns finally made his debut on 9 April 2011, in Heracles' 6–2 away victory against

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, replacing Everton in the 79th minute. The following season, Bruns scored his first league goal for Heracles, in their 4–2 home defeat against Heerenveen. After a couple of seasons at the club, Bruns finally became a regular in the starting eleven, during Heracles' 2014–15 campaign, making twenty-nine starts and netting seven times.

Vitesse

On 10 April 2017, it was announced that Bruns would join Vitesse on a free transfer, at the end of the 2016–17 campaign upon the expiry of his current contract at Heracles.

FC Groningen

On 24 December 2018, it was announced that Bruns would join fellow Eredivisie side

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on loan for the remainder of the campaign as of 1 January 2019.

Adanaspor

On 12 August 2021, he joined Adanaspor in Turkey on a two-year contract.

Return to Heracles Almelo

On 3 August 2022, Bruns returned to

and signed a three-year contract.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bruns, Thomas 1992 births People from Wierden Footballers from Overijssel Living people Dutch footballers Association football midfielders Netherlands youth international footballers Netherlands under-21 international footballers FC Twente players Heracles Almelo players SBV Vitesse players FC Groningen players PEC Zwolle players VVV-Venlo players Adanaspor footballers Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players TFF First League players Dutch expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Turkey Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Turkey