Gianni Bruno

Gianni Bruno (born 19 August 1991) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish club Iğdır.

Club career

Early career Bruno was born in Rocourt, a local town in the city of Liège, to Italian parents. As a result, he possesses dual-nationality. He began his career playing for hometown club FC Liège where his father was a coach. Bruno was promoted to the reserve team full-time in the following season. He appeared in 27 matches scoring a team-high 11 goals. After playing the 2010–11 season with the reserve team, on 8 June 2011, Bruno signed his first professional contract agreeing to a one-year deal with Lille. He was, subsequently, promoted to the senior team by manager Rudi Garcia and assigned the number 19 shirt.

Bruno made his professional debut on 11 January 2012 appearing as a substitute in a 2–1 defeat to Lyon in the Coupe de la Ligue. Fours days later, he made his league debut appearing as a substitute in another defeat, this time to Marseille.

Bruno was sent on loan to Bastia for the 2013–14 season.

Evian At the beginning of the 2014–15 season, Bruno joined Evian Thonon Gaillard on a five-year contract. A few months later, he was loaned to fellow Ligue 1 team FC Lorient.

Cercle Brugge On 3 July 2017, Cercle Brugge announced the transfer of Gianni to the organization. He signed a contract for one season.

Gent and STVV On 11 June 2021, after scoring 20 goals in the previous season for Zulte Waregem, Bruno joined Gent on a three-year contract, but only scored one league goal in his first season at the Buffalos.

On 11 July 2022, Bruno moved on a season-long loan to Sint-Truiden, scoring 18 league goals in his debut season with the Canaries, a new one-season club record, surpassing Désiré Mbonabucya, Yuma Suzuki and Eddy Koens.

Eyüpspor On 14 August 2023, Bruno moved to Eyüpspor in the second-tier TFF First League.

International career Bruno is a Belgian youth international and has played for all levels for which he has been eligible. In total with the Belgian youth international teams, he has attained 59 caps and scored 33 goals.

Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Total Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Lille 2011–12 Ligue 1 10 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 13 2 2012–13 Ligue 1 13 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 18 2 Total 23 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 31 4 Bastia (loan) 2013–14 Ligue 1 31 8 2 0 0 0 — 33 8 Evian TG 2014–15 Ligue 1 17 1 0 0 1 0 — 18 1 2015–16 Ligue 2 21 4 1 0 2 0 — 24 4 Total 38 5 1 0 3 0 — 42 5 Lorient (loan) 2014–15 Ligue 1 12 1 — — — 12 1 Krylia Sovetov (loan) 2015–16 Russian Premier League 11 2 0 0 — — 11 2 2016–17 Russian Premier League 17 5 0 0 — — 17 5 Total 28 7 0 0 — — 28 7 Cercle Brugge 2017–18 Belgian First Division B 12 3 2 0 — — 14 3 2018–19 Belgian Pro League 34 13 1 0 — — 35 13 Total 46 16 3 0 — — 49 16 Zulte Waregem 2019–20 Belgian Pro League 27 9 5 3 — — 32 12 2020–21 Belgian Pro League 34 20 1 0 — — 35 20 Total 61 29 6 3 — — 67 32 Gent 2021–22 Belgian Pro League 9 1 2 0 — 5 2 16 3 Sint-Truiden (loan) 2022–23 Belgian Pro League 30 18 3 2 — — 33 20 Eyüpspor 2023–24 TFF First League 17 9 0 0 — — 17 9 Iğdır FK 2024–25 TFF First League — — 0 0 — — — — 2025–26 TFF First League — — 0 0 — — — — Career total 295 95 20 6 6 1 7 3 328 105