Luigi Bruins

Luigi Bruins (born 9 March 1987 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for FC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga.

Luigi Bruins

Luigi Bruins 2008
Personal information
Full name	Luigi Bruins
Date of birth	(1987-03-09) 9 March 1987
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Right midfielder, Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	FC Red Bull Salzburg
Number	28
Youth career
	Excelsior
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2007	Excelsior	66	(10)
2007–2011	Feyenoord	70	(9)
2011-	FC Red Bull Salzburg	0	(0)
National team‡
2007–2008	Netherlands U21	10	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 2, 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of August 5, 2007

Bruins was born in Rotterdam and is of Italian descent.

Career

Club

He started playing football at the age of six with Excelsior Rotterdam. He ran through all youth teams of this club. Bruins made his professional debut for Excelsior in the season 2004–05. On January 28, 2005, Bruins came in for Santi Kolk in the 78th minute of the Eerste Divisie away match against FC Eindhoven (3-0). This was the only match in his first season. The next season he had his breakthrough. Bruins scored his first professional goal in the season opening away match against Cambuur Leeuwarden (0-1) on August 12, 2005. With Excelsior he became champion in the Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 2005/06 season.

After the promotion the team stayed in the Eere Divisie. Bruins made his Eredivisie debut on August 19, 2006, in the home match against Roda JC (0-1)and scored his first Eredivisie goals on September 9, 2006 against SC Heerenveen(3-1). In 2007 he signed with Feyenoord Rotterdam. In his first season he played 27 matches and scored six goals

In the next season he was often injured so he lost his place in the first squad. After the end of his contract he signed in October 2011 with FC Red Bull Salzburg. He played his first match for his new team on 15 October 2011 versus Wacker Innsbruck, where he came on in the second half.

International

Bruins was part of the Netherlands U21 winning the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. In the final match he scored the last goal in the 4-1 victory over SerbiaU-21.

Statistics

Season	Club	Country	League	Matches	Goals
2004/2005	SBV Excelsior		Eerste Divisie	1	0
2005/2006	SBV Excelsior		Eerste Divisie	35	4
2006/2007	SBV Excelsior		Eredivisie	30	6
2007/2008	Feyenoord		Eredivisie	27	6
2008/2009	Feyenoord		Eredivisie	22	1
2009/2010	Feyenoord		Eredivisie	21	2
2010/2011	Feyenoord		Eredivisie	14	2
2011/2012	FC Red Bull Salzburg		Austrian Bundesliga	0	0