Luigi Bruins

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

Bruins was born in Rotterdam and is of Italian descent.

### 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

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|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|||
|rowspan="5"|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|||
|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||
|rowspan="3"|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|||
|rowspan="3"|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|||
|rowspan="8"|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|||

## Infobox (football biography)

- **playername**: Luigi Bruins
- **image**: 080823bruins02.jpg
- **image size**: 150px
- **caption**: Bruins with Feyenoord in August 2008
- **fullname**: Luigi Maud Bruins
- **birth place**: Rotterdam, Netherlands
- **height**: 1.80 m
- **position**: Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, Attacking midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1993–2004
- **youthclubs1**: Excelsior Rotterdam, Excelsior
- **years1**: 2004–2007
- **clubs1**: Excelsior Rotterdam, Excelsior
- **caps1**: 66
- **goals1**: 10
- **years2**: 2007–2011
- **clubs2**: Feyenoord
- **caps2**: 90
- **goals2**: 11
- **years3**: 2011
- **clubs3**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **caps3**: 3
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2012
- **clubs4**: Excelsior Rotterdam, Excelsior
- **caps4**: 9
- **goals4**: 2
- **years5**: 2013–2014
- **clubs5**: OGC Nice, Nice
- **caps5**: 22
- **goals5**: 1
- **years6**: 2013–2014
- **clubs6**: OGC Nice, Nice II
- **caps6**: 4
- **goals6**: 1
- **years7**: 2014–2021
- **clubs7**: Excelsior Rotterdam, Excelsior
- **caps7**: 173
- **goals7**: 22
- **years8**: 2021–2024
- **clubs8**: VV Smitshoek
- **caps8**: 16
- **goals8**: 1
- **nationalyears1**: 2007–2008
- **nationalteam1**: Netherlands national under-21 football team, Netherlands U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 10
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **manageryears1**: 2024–
- **managerclubs1**: VV Zwaluwen
- **club-update**: 6 January 2023
- **nationalteam-update**: 5 August 2007