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Bruno Lapa

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Serbena and the second or paternal family name is Lapa.
Bruno Lapa
Personal information
Full name Bruno Felipe Serbena Lapa
Date of birth (1997-05-10) May 10, 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Curitiba, Brazil
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ansan Greeners
Youth career
Paraná
2008–2013 Athletico Paranaense
2014–2016 Montverde Academy
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons 80 (23)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 SIMA Águilas 12 (4)
2019 North Carolina Fusion U23 11 (4)
2020–2022 Birmingham Legion 67 (17)
2023–2024 Memphis 901 60 (15)
2025– Ansan Greeners 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 January 2025

Bruno Felipe Serbena Lapa (born 10 May 1997) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for K League 2 club Ansan Greeners.

Career

Youth and college

Born in Curitiba,[1] Lapa played in the youth academies of Paraná and Athletico Paranaense,[2][3] before moving to the United States in 2014, when he joined the Montverde Academy in Florida.[1]

In 2016, Lapa began playing college soccer at Wake Forest University.[1] At Wake Forest, Lapa made 80 appearances, scoring 23 goals and tallying 15 assists. In his junior year, Lapa was named the 2018 ACC Midfielder of the Year, was a MAC Hermann Trophy Semi-finalist, and a United Soccer Coaches and College Soccer News First Team All-American.[1]

Whilst at college, Lapa played in the USL League Two for both SIMA Águilas in 2018[4] and North Carolina Fusion U23 in 2019.[5]

Professional

Birmingham Legion

Lapa signed his first professional contract with USL Championship side Birmingham Legion on 14 February 2020.[6] He made his professional debut on 15 July 2020 against Memphis 901, scoring two goals and assisting the third in a 3–0 win.[7]

At the end of the 2020 season, Lapa was named as an All-League First Team selection; he subsequently signed a multi-year contract with Birmingham.[8] On 2 August 2022, Lapa was named USL Championship Player of the Week for Week 21 of the 2022 season after scoring the first hat-trick in the club's history against Loudoun United.[9]

Memphis 901

On 1 February 2023, Lapa joined USL Championship side Memphis 901, signing a multi-year deal.[10]

He left the club at the end of the 2024 season, following the public announcement of the team's folding due to insufficient funding for a new soccer-specific stadium in November of the same year.[11][12]

Ansan Greeners

On 9 January 2025, Lapa officially joined K League 2 club Ansan Greeners on a free transfer.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Bruno Lapa - Men's Soccer". Wake Forest University Athletics.
  2. ^ "Escolas: Furacão goleia Paraná por 9 a 0 no Metropolitano". www.athletico.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Athletico Paranaense. 1 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Com legado construído nos EUA, Bruno Lapa projeta temporada pelo Memphis 901". www.ocuriosodofutebol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 24 March 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  4. ^ "SIMA Aguilas - 2018 Regular Season - Roster - # - Bruno Lapa - M". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  5. ^ "North Carolina Fusion U23 - 2019 Regular Season - Roster - # - Bruno Lapa -". u23.ncfusion.org.
  6. ^ Humphries, Clayton (February 14, 2020). "Legion FC signs defender Johannes Bergmann, midfielder Bruno Lapa". Birmingham Legion FC.
  7. ^ "Birmingham Legion FC vs. Memphis 901 FC - July 15, 2020 | USLChampionship.com". www.uslchampionship.com.
  8. ^ "Legion FC Re-Signs All-League Selection Lapa". 30 October 2020.
  9. ^ "USL Championship Team of the Week – Week 21". uslchampionship.com. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  10. ^ Clayton, Josh (1 February 2023). "Memphis 901 FC Signs Midfielder Bruno Lapa to Multi-Year Contract". www.memphis901fc.com. Memphis 901 FC. Archived from the original on 21 February 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  11. ^ Moore, Raven; Davis, Deja (13 November 2024). "901 FC leaving Memphis for Santa Barbara: USL". WREG.com. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  12. ^ "United Soccer League announces transfer of Memphis 901 FC's USL Championship rights to Santa Barbara SKY FC". USLChampionship.com. USL Championship. 13 November 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  13. ^ "안산그리너스FC, '라파•사라이바•루안' 외국인 선수 영입 완료!". www.greenersfc.com (in Korean). Ansan Greeners FC. 9 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  14. ^ Kang, Pil-joo (9 January 2025). "중원+측면+최전방 외국인으로 강화.. 안산, '라파-사라이바-루안' 영입[공식발표]". v.daum.net (in Korean). Daum. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Lapa