Fabrício Bruno

Fabrício Bruno
Personal information
Full name Fabrício Bruno Soares de Faria[1]
Date of birth (1996-02-12) 12 February 1996[1]
Place of birth Ibirité, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position Centre back
Team information
Current team
Cruzeiro
Number 15
Youth career
2015–2016 Cruzeiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Cruzeiro 30 (1)
2017–2018 → Chapecoense (loan) 46 (2)
2020–2022 Red Bull Bragantino 65 (1)
2022–2024 Flamengo 103 (6)
2025– Cruzeiro 59 (3)
International career‡
2024– Brazil 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 April 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2025

Fabrício Bruno Soares de Faria (born 12 February 1996), known as Fabrício Bruno (Brazilian Portuguese: [faˈbɾisju ˈbɾunu]), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as centre back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Cruzeiro and the Brazil national team.

Club career

Cruzeiro

Chapecoense (loan)

On 29 December 2016 Cruzeiro accepted Chapecoense's request and loaned Fabrício Bruno until 31 December 2017.[2]

On 19 December 2017 Chapecoense extended Fabrício Bruno loan for another season.[3]

Another loan extension was set for 2019 season, but Fabrício Burno requested to return to Cruzeiro.[4][5]

Red Bull Bragantino

On 8 January 2020 Fabrício Bruno transferred from Cruzeiro to Red Bull Bragantino for a €440k transfer fee.[6]

Flamengo

On 7 February 2022 Flamengo signed Fabrício Bruno from Red Bull Bragantino until 31 December 2025 for a €2.5m transfer fee.[7]

Return to Cruzeiro

On 11 January 2025 Cruzeiro announced Fabrício's return.[8] The defender signed until December 2028 and the €7m fee was the highest ever paid by Cruzeiro, not counting incentives.[9]

International career

Fabrício Bruno made his debut for the senior Brazil national team on 23 March 2024 in a friendly against England.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 December 2025[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State league[a] Copa do Brasil Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cruzeiro 2016 Série A 711000–0081
2019 19030103[b]0–260
Total 26140103000341
Chapecoense (loan) 2017 Série A 25170105[c]02[d]0401
2018 7071–2[b]0–161
Total 321141107020562
Red Bull Bragantino 2020 Série A 1416010––211
2021 330805013[e]2–592
2022 –40–––40
Total 4711806013200843
Flamengo 2022 Série A 13280501[b]01[f]0282
2023 340931007[b]04[g]0643
2024 281110908[b]000561
Total 753283240160501486
Cruzeiro 2025 Série A 33380814[e]0–534
Career total 21387244014327037516
  1. ↑ Includes Campeonato Carioca, Campeonato Catarinense, Campeonato Mineiro
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  3. ↑ One appearance in Copa Libertadores, four appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  4. ↑ One appearance in J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship, one appearance in Primeira Liga
  5. 1 2 Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  6. ↑ Appearance in Supercopa do Brasil
  7. ↑ Two appearances in Recopa Sudamericana, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup

International

As of match played 18 November 2025[12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Brazil 202420
202540
Total60

Honours

Club

Chapecoense

Cruzeiro

Flamengo

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022™: List of Players: CR Flamengo" (PDF). FIFA. 7 February 2023. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Cruzeiro atende novo pedido da Chapecoense e empresta mais um zagueiro". UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). 29 December 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Fabrício Bruno é confirmado no elenco da Chapecoense para a próxima temporada". Lance! (in Brazilian Portuguese). 19 December 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Fabrício Bruno estende vínculo com o Cruzeiro e fica mais um ano na Chapecoense". ge.globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 4 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Chapecoense acata pedido e zagueiro Fabrício Bruno retorna ao Cruzeiro". R7 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 14 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Cruzeiro acerta venda de Fabrício Bruno ao Bragantino e mantém percentual do zagueiro". ge.globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Flamengo contrata zagueiro Fabrício Bruno, ex-Bragantino". ge.globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 7 February 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "Cruzeiro anuncia Fabrício Bruno e fecha período de contratações na primeira janela do ano". ge.globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 11 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "Fabrício Bruno se torna contratação mais cara da história do Cruzeiro; entenda". Itatiaia (in Brazilian Portuguese). 13 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  10. ↑ "England v Brazil game report". ESPN. 23 March 2024.
  11. ↑ Fabrício Bruno at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  12. ↑ Fabrício Bruno at National-Football-Teams.com
  13. ↑ "Gabi Leads Flamengo To Libertadores Title". CONMEBOL Libertadores. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  14. ↑ "Flamengo domina seleção do Campeonato Carioca: veja a escalação, o craque e a revelação" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge.globo. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.