Bruno Lapa

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Bruno Lapa
Personal information
Full name Bruno Felipe Serbena Lapa
Date of birth (1997-05-10) May 10, 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Curitiba, Brazil
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ansan Greeners
Youth career
Paraná
2008–2013 Athletico Paranaense
2014–2016 Montverde Academy
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons 80 (23)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018 SIMA Águilas 12 (4)
2019 North Carolina Fusion U23 11 (4)
2020–2022 Birmingham Legion 67 (17)
2023–2024 Memphis 901 60 (15)
2025– Ansan Greeners 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 January 2025

Bruno Felipe Serbena Lapa (born 10 May 1997) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for K League 2 club Ansan Greeners.

Contents

Career

Youth and college

Born in Curitiba, [1] Lapa played in the youth academies of Paraná and Athletico Paranaense, [2] [3] before moving to the United States in 2014, when he joined the Montverde Academy in Florida. [1]

In 2016, Lapa began playing college soccer at Wake Forest University. [1] At Wake Forest, Lapa made 80 appearances, scoring 23 goals and tallying 15 assists. In his junior year, Lapa was named the 2018 ACC Midfielder of the Year, was a MAC Hermann Trophy Semi-finalist, and a United Soccer Coaches and College Soccer News First Team All-American. [1]

Whilst at college, Lapa played in the USL League Two for both SIMA Águilas in 2018 [4] and North Carolina Fusion U23 in 2019. [5]

Professional

Birmingham Legion

Lapa signed his first professional contract with USL Championship side Birmingham Legion on 14 February 2020. [6] He made his professional debut on 15 July 2020 against Memphis 901, scoring two goals and assisting the third in a 3–0 win. [7]

At the end of the 2020 season, Lapa was named as an All-League First Team selection; he subsequently signed a multi-year contract with Birmingham. [8] On 2 August 2022, Lapa was named USL Championship Player of the Week for Week 21 of the 2022 season after scoring the first hat-trick in the club's history against Loudoun United. [9]

Memphis 901

On 1 February 2023, Lapa joined USL Championship side Memphis 901, signing a multi-year deal. [10]

He left the club at the end of the 2024 season, following the public announcement of the team's folding due to insufficient funding for a new soccer-specific stadium in November of the same year. [11] [12]

Ansan Greeners

On 9 January 2025, Lapa officially joined K League 2 club Ansan Greeners on a free transfer. [13] [14]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Bruno Lapa - Men's Soccer". Wake Forest University Athletics.
  2. ↑ "Escolas: Furacão goleia Paraná por 9 a 0 no Metropolitano". www.athletico.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Athletico Paranaense. 1 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Com legado construído nos EUA, Bruno Lapa projeta temporada pelo Memphis 901". www.ocuriosodofutebol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 24 March 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "SIMA Aguilas - 2018 Regular Season - Roster - # - Bruno Lapa - M". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  5. ↑ "North Carolina Fusion U23 - 2019 Regular Season - Roster - # - Bruno Lapa -". u23.ncfusion.org.
  6. ↑ Humphries, Clayton (February 14, 2020). "Legion FC signs defender Johannes Bergmann, midfielder Bruno Lapa". Birmingham Legion FC.
  7. ↑ "Birmingham Legion FC vs. Memphis 901 FC - July 15, 2020 | USLChampionship.com". www.uslchampionship.com.
  8. ↑ "Legion FC Re-Signs All-League Selection Lapa". 30 October 2020.
  9. ↑ "USL Championship Team of the Week – Week 21". uslchampionship.com. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  10. ↑ Clayton, Josh (1 February 2023). "Memphis 901 FC Signs Midfielder Bruno Lapa to Multi-Year Contract". www.memphis901fc.com. Memphis 901 FC. Archived from the original on 21 February 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  11. ↑ Moore, Raven; Davis, Deja (13 November 2024). "901 FC leaving Memphis for Santa Barbara: USL". WREG.com . Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  12. ↑ "United Soccer League announces transfer of Memphis 901 FC's USL Championship rights to Santa Barbara SKY FC". USLChampionship.com. USL Championship. 13 November 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  13. ↑ "안산그리너스FC, '라파•사라이바•루안' 외국인 선수 영입 완료!". www.greenersfc.com (in Korean). Ansan Greeners FC. 9 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  14. ↑ Kang, Pil-joo (9 January 2025). "중원+측면+최전방 외국인으로 강화.. 안산, '라파-사라이바-루안' 영입[공식발표]". v.daum.net (in Korean). Daum . Retrieved 16 January 2025.
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