Luigi Bruins

Luigi Bruins (born 9 March 1987) is a football manager and a retired Dutch professional footballer.

Luigi Bruins

Bruins with Feyenoord in August 2008
Personal information
Full name	Luigi Maud 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)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1993–2004	Excelsior
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2007	Excelsior	66	(10)
2007–2011	Feyenoord	90	(11)
2011	Red Bull Salzburg	3	(0)
2012	Excelsior	9	(2)
2013–2014	Nice	22	(1)
2013–2014	Nice II	4	(1)
2014–2021	Excelsior	173	(22)
2021–2024	VV Smitshoek	16	(1)
National team‡
2007–2008	Netherlands U21	10	(2)
Teams managed
2024–	VV Zwaluwen
Honours Men's football Representing Netherlands UEFA European Under-21 Championship Winner 2007 Netherlands
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 January 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 August 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 Eredivisie. 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.

Career statistics

As of 1 August 2020

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Excelsior	2004–05	Eerste Divisie	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2005–06	Eerste Divisie	35	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	4
	2006–07	Eredivisie	30	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	6
	Total		66	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	66	10
Feyenoord	2007–08	Eredivisie	27	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	6
	2008–09	Eredivisie	22	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	27	1
	2009–10	Eredivisie	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	2
	2010–11	Eredivisie	20	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	23	2
	Total		90	11	3	0	0	0	6	0	99	11
Red Bull Salzburg	2011–12	Austrian Bundesliga	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Excelsior	2011–12	Eredivisie	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	2
Nice II	2012–13	CFA 2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2013–14	CFA	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
	Total		4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Nice	2012–13	Ligue 1	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	1
	2013–14	Ligue 1	12	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	17	0
	Total		22	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	27	1
Excelsior	2014–15	Eredivisie	22	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	24	2
	2015–16	Eredivisie	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	0
	2016–17	Eredivisie	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	2
	2017–18	Eredivisie	27	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	28	5
	2018–19	Eredivisie	29	6	1	1	0	0	2	0	32	7
	2019–20	Eerste Divisie	25	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	27	4
	2020–21	Eerste Divisie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		145	19	8	1	0	0	2	0	155	22
Career total			339	44	15	1	2	0	8	0	364	45