Luigi Bruins

Luigi Bruins 2008

Luigi Bruins ( born March 9, 1987 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch football player. The midfielder is the French first division club OGC Nice under contract. He is of Italian descent and has besides the Dutch nationality even this.

  • 2.1 club
  • 2.2 national team

Career

Association

Bruins comes from the youth division of Excelsior Rotterdam. 2004/ 05 he joined the first team of the club. This season he made ​​his debut for the then second division. However, to another use, it did not come. It was not until the following year he sat through as a regular force and was able to achieve four goals in 35 games. At the end of the season the team was promoted to the Eredivisie. Despite another good season personally the immediate re descent was as Table. Afterwards Bruins decided a change. Both the major Dutch clubs such as Ajax, AZ Alkmaar, Feyenoord Rotterdam and PSV Eindhoven, as well as the foreign teams like Tottenham Hotspur vying for the services of the former Young Stars. Ultimately Bruins decided only within the city to move to Feyenoord. On 17 July 2007, he made his competitive debut for the Red and Whites. In the same game he scored his first goal for his new employers. At the end of the season results in the direct qualification for the UEFA Cup.

In Cup the team was more successful than in the league. Feyenoord came down to the final of the KNVB Cup and won through there with a 2-0 win against Roda JC Kerkrade. After a sporty descent of the Rotterdam club tradition he rejected the contract extension offered by Leo Beenhakker and moved in October 2011 to Austria for FC Red Bull Salzburg. In Salzburg, but he only came to a total of three missions over the entire autumn season and knew this not to convince. In mid-December, both parties agreed to terminate the contract. In March 2012 Bruins returned to the Eredivisie and switched to Excelsior Rotterdam. The club finished last and dismounted. The midfielder came on nine missions and was able to contribute two goals, his leaked contract was not renewed. After half a year Vereinslosigkeit, he was signed in January 2013 by the French first division club OGC Nice.

National

2007 appointed him Foppe de Haan in the cadre of U -21 in the Netherlands for the U-21 European Championship in the Netherlands. The team came up before the finals and defeated the Serbian selection 4-1 there. Bruins came on in the second half and scored the goal for the final score. This was also his only appearance during the whole championship.

Achievements

Association

  • Champion in the Eerste Divisie with Excelsior Rotterdam: 2006
  • KNVB Cup with Feyenoord Rotterdam: 2008

National

  • U-21 European Football Championships: 2007
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