Gianni Bruno is a Belgian striker with Italian roots. He can play both on the tip of the attack and on the flanks. Gianni Bruno is now 25 years old, and he spent almost his entire career in France - only this summer the football player went on loan to Russia.
Carier start
Gianni Bruno was born on August 19, 1991 in Belgium, where at the age of five he ended up at the football academy of the small club Liège. He spent four years there, but in 2000 the club had financial difficulties, so the youth academy was dissolved. Fortunately, the boy’s talent was seen in another club based in that same city. It was a "Standard", one of the largest clubs in the country. It was there that the young athlete spent seven whole years perfecting himself as a football player. In 2009, when Gianni Bruno turned 18, Standard offered him a professional contract, but the striker refused and moved to France, to the Lille club, which was based much closer to his hometown.
Gianni began his professional career in the double “Lille”, where he spent two whole years. Only in 2011 at the age of 20 he happened to make his debut for the main staff. In the same season, he spent 13 matches, scoring two goals. The following year, the situation did not improve - Gianni entered the field already in 18 games, but again scored two goals. The Belgian contract ended, and it was decided to give him another chance by sending him a lease to Bastia.
Rent at Bastia
In “Bastia”, Gianni Bruno, a rather promising footballer, immediately got a place at the base and played 33 matches, but scored only eight goals in them, so the leadership of “Lille” was not impressed and did not extend the contract with him. In the end, the Belgian had to look for a job that he found in Evian.
Career at Evian
In the summer of 2014, Bruno signed a contract with Evian, where he spent six months and did not show particularly impressive results. Therefore, for the remainder of the season he was leased to Lorient, where he played in 12 matches, scoring one goal. After that, Bruno spent another six months in Evian, bringing his statistics to the club to 31 matches and five goals. After the forward was again sent for rent.
Rent in "Wings of the Soviets"
The new club, which Gianni Bruno joined in February 2016, is Wings of the Soviets (Samara). There, he does not yet have impressive results. For seven months in the club, he entered the field only six times, without scoring a single goal. He has almost a whole year of rent ahead, so Gianni will still have a chance to show himself, but so far the situation does not look too impressive, although at one time it was believed that he could become one of Belgium's strongest forwards.
Team appearances
Until today, Bruno has never received a call to the Belgian national team. He has a large number of appearances for youth teams of various age categories - in total he spent 55 matches, scoring 20 goals, which impressed the public at one time. But over time, Bruno did not live up to expectations and remained outside the adult football team of Belgium, where such strong players as Romelu Lukaku or Christian Benteke are in his position .