Bruno Soares (footballer)

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Bruno Soares
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Soares with Fortuna Düsseldorf in 2014
Personal information
Full name Bruno Gabriel Soares
Date of birth (1988-08-21) 21 August 1988 (age 37)
Place of birth Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Rot Weiss Ahlen
Number 14
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2008 Coritiba
2008 → Toledo (loan)
2008 Nacional de Rolândia
2008–2009 Paraná
2009–2012 MSV Duisburg 76 (4)
2012–2015 Fortuna Düsseldorf 44 (1)
2015–2017 Kairat 27 (1)
2017 Haugesund 2 (0)
2017 Hapoel Tel Aviv 13 (0)
2018–2019 Johor Darul Ta'zim II 15 (1)
2020–2021 WSG Tirol 20 (0)
2021 FC Saarbrücken 0 (0)
2022–2023 HK 19 (3)
2023–2024 SV Meppen 36 (4)
2024– Rot Weiss Ahlen 40 (4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 09:58, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

Bruno Gabriel Soares (born 21 August 1988) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for German Oberliga Westfalen club Rot Weiss Ahlen. [1]

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Career

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. [2]

In summer 2012, Soares joined newly promoted Fortuna Düsseldorf and signed a contract until 30 June 2015. [3]

On 23 June 2015, Soares signed a three-year contract with Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Kairat. [4] 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, [5] eventually signing for Eliteserien side Haugesund. [6] Soares left Haugesund by mutual consent on 3 July 2017, [7] 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. [8] 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. [9]

On 7 July 2021, Soares joined 3. Liga side FC Saarbrücken on a one-year contract. [10] [11] However, his contract with FC Saarbrücken was terminated on 15 July due to residency issues. [12] [13]

On 31 January 2023, Soares returned to Germany and signed with SV Meppen in 3. Liga until the end of the season. [14] On 16 August 2023, after waiting for his work permit and residence permit, SV Meppen announced that they had extended the contract with Soares. [15]

On 28 June 2024, Soares joined recently relegated Oberliga Westfalen club Rot Weiss Ahlen on a two-year contract. [16]

Career statistics

As of match played 14 December 2025 [17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
MSV Duisburg 2009–10 2. Bundesliga 6110———71
2010–11 2. Bundesliga30150———351
2011–12 2. Bundesliga32220———342
Total68480———764
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2012–13 Bundesliga 0000———00
2013–14 2. Bundesliga20000———200
2014–15 2. Bundesliga23110———241
Total43110———441
Kairat 2015 Kazakhstan Premier League 14020—80—240
2016 Kazakhstan Premier League2000—001030
Total16120—8010271
Haugesund 2017 Eliteserien 0020———20
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2017–18 Israeli Premier League 1300000——130
Johor Darul Ta'zim 2018 Malaysia Super League 00000010—10
WSG Tirol 2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga 10010———110
2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga10000———100
Total20010———210
FC Saarbrucken 2021–22 3. Liga 0000———00
HK 2022 1. deild karla 19310———203
SV Meppen 2022–23 3. Liga13200———132
2023–24 Regionalliga Nord 23200——3 [a] 0252
Total36400——30394
Rot Weiss Ahlen 2024–25 Oberliga Westfalen 312———2 [b] 1333
2025–26 Oberliga Westfalen92———1 [b] 0102
Total404———31435
Career total2551715000907128618
  1. ↑ Appearances in Lower Saxony Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearances in Westphalian Cup

References

  1. ↑ Bruno Soares at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ "Bruno Soares: Brasilianer wechselt zum MSV Duisburg" [Bruno Soares: Brazilian goes to MSV Duisburg] (in German). zweitligamannschaften.de. 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Fortuna verpflichtet Bruno Soares" (in German). Fortuna Düsseldorf. 28 May 2012. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "СОАРЕС В КАЙРАТЕ" (in Russian). FC Kairat. 23 June 2015. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Бруно Соареса не будет в Ордабасы". sports.kz (in Russian). Sports KZ. 5 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Mer samba på Haugesund Stadion". fkh.no (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "Soares ferdigspilt i FKH". www.fkh.no (in Norwegian). Haugesund FK. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "WELCOME TO JDT FAMILY, BRUNO". johorsoutherntigers.com.my. Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. 24 December 2017. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Talking points from JDT's big loss to Muangthong | Goal.com".
  10. ↑ Saarbrücken, 1. FCS. "FCS nimmt Bruno Soares unter Vertrag" (in German). Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ↑ Cordier, Patric (7 July 2021). "Profi mit viel Erfahrung: 1. FC Saarbrücken holt Innenverteidiger Soares". Saarbrücker Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  12. ↑ "FCS löst Vertrag mit Bruno Soares wegen fehlender Spielerlaubnis auf". www.fc-saarbruecken.de (in German). Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  13. ↑ "Ungeklärter Aufenthaltsstatus: Saarbrücken löst Vertrag mit Bruno Soares auf". kicker (in German). Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  14. ↑ "SVM verpflichtet Bruno Soares" (in German). SV Meppen. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  15. ↑ "Bruno Soares bleibt beim SVM" (in German). SV Meppen. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  16. ↑ "Abschied aus Meppen: Bruno Soares wird wichtiger Baustein für Ahlens Neuanfang" [Farewell to Meppen: Bruno Soares becomes a key building block in Ahlen's new start]. kicker (in German). Archived from the original on 28 June 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  17. ↑ Bruno Soares at Soccerway
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