Bruno Santos (footballer, born 1983)

Bruno Santos
Personal information
Full name Bruno Santos da Silva
Date of birth (1983-08-31) 31 August 1983
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position Forward
Youth career
2000–2003 Flamengo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003 CFZ-RJ 13 (4)
2004–2007 Norrköping 71 (37)
2007–2009 Figueirense 10 (2)
2009–2010 Châteauroux 7 (0)
2010 Ceará 6 (0)
2010–2013 Norrköping 19 (3)
2012 → Ljungskile SK (loan) 18 (5)
2013 Noroeste 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bruno Santos da Silva, or simply Bruno Santos, (born 31 August 1983) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Bruno Santos was born in Rio de Janeiro. He came to Swedish side IFK Norrköping in the summer of 2004 from Flamengo's academy. He was reported as having spent time in Zico's academy Centro de Futebol Zico Sociedade Esportiva, as well as 90 days in Feyenoord Rotterdam which was cut short due to homesickness.[2] In 2005, he was the top scorer in Superettan with his 17 goals for Norrköping

In 2006 he was unfit, and measurements revealed that he lacked magnesium, potassium, zinc and copper. He had too high levels of calcium, owing to a diet with "too much fish and bananas".[3]

In 2007, the club and Santos both discussed a prolonged contract and a parting of ways. The club was skeptical to his many injuries.[4] He left the club in 2007 after helping to promote the club to Allsvenskan. In total, he scored 37 goals for Norrköping between 2004 and 2007.

Sanntos played for Figueirense, Châteauroux and Ceará until his comeback in IFK Norrköping was announced in June 2010.[5] The transfer was paid for Peking Soccer Invest (Peking being the nickname of IFK Norrköping).[6]

In the summer of 2011 he was out of the team.[7] In 2012, he joined second-tier Ljungskile SK on what became a season-long loan.[8][9]

He left Sweden in March 2013, before the commencement of the 2013 Allsvenskan.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Bruno Santos at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ Johansson, Magnus (9 June 2004). "Ny brasse till IFK". Folkbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  3. ↑ Andersson, Christer (19 October 2006). "Mera mineraler för Santos". Norrköpings Tidningar (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  4. ↑ Skogh, Karin (2 August 2007). "Santos på väg bort". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  5. ↑ Engström, Henrik (27 June 2010). "Bruno Santos gör comeback i IFK". Folkbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  6. ↑ Andersson, Pär (30 June 2010). "Det var PSI som köpte loss Bruno Santos". Folkbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  7. ↑ Magnusson, Oskar (19 August 2011). "Santos löfte: Jag stannar". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "Ljungskile värvar Santos och Cakic". Expressen (in Swedish). TT. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  9. ↑ Carlsson, Karin (23 July 2012). "Ljungskile förlänger med Santos". Bohusläningen (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "Bruno Santos lämnar IFK". Norrköpings Tidningar (in Swedish). 14 March 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
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