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Kévin Bru
Kevin Bru playing for Ipswich Town in 2015
Personal information
Full name Kévin Bru[1]
Date of birth (1988-12-12) 12 December 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ipswich Town
Youth career
2003 INF Clairefontaine
2003–2006 Rennes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2010 Rennes 2 (0)
2007–2008 → @Dan.elsd (loan) 10 (0)
2008–2009 → Clermont Foot (loan) 25 (2)
2010–2011 Dijon FCO 25 (2)
2011–2012 US Boulogne 28 (3)
2012–2013 Istres 31 (2)
2013–2014 Levski Sofia 20 (1)
2014– Ipswich Town 84 (4)
International career‡
2007 France U-19 4 (0)
2011– Mauritius 13 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 April 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 November 2017

Kévin Bru (born 12 December 1988 in Paris) is a French-born Mauritian professional footballer who plays for Championship side Ipswich Town.

Career

Club

Bru trained as a youth in the INF Clairefontaine academy. He then moved to Rennes. During his time there, he went on separate loans to Châteauroux and Clermont Foot, and only made two senior appearances for Rennes. On 7 January 2010, Dijon FCO signed the attacking midfielder from Rennes until June 2011. In January 2011, after terminating his contract early with Dijon, Bru signed with fellow Ligue 2 team US Boulogne on a two-year contract. Despite visiting the infrastructures of the Bulgarian club Levski Sofia in the summer 2012, Bru decided to stay in France by joining Ligue 2 side Istres thus giving up on hopes of playing in the Europa League in the following season.[2] After the end of the campaign, he signed a three-year contract with PFC Levski Sofia in June 2013.[3]

On 31 July 2014, Ipswich Town manager Mick McCarthy confirmed that Bru had signed for the club following a successful trial.[4] He scored his first goal for the club in a 4–2 victory against Birmingham City on 24 February 2015.[5] Bru continued to impress into the 2015-2016 season and has become an important part of the squad thanks to his range of passing and technique.

International

Bru has made several appearances for the French U-19 team, but has never represented France with the senior team. Due to his Mauritian descent, the opportunity arose for him to represent Mauritius internationally, which he took in 2011. He earned his first cap for Mauritius on 5 June 2011, in their AFCON qualifying match against DR Congo.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 July 2017
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Clermont (loan) 2008–09[7] Ligue 2 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 2
Dijon FCO 2009–10[7] Ligue 2 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2
2010–11[7] 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 0
Dijon total 25 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 27 2
US Boulogne 2010–11[7] Ligue 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2011–12[7] 19 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 3
Boulogne total 28 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 30 3
FC Istres 2012–13[7] Ligue 2 31 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 34 2
Levski Sofia 2013–14[7] A Group 20 1 4 0 0 0 2[a] 0 26 1
Template:Fb team Ipswich Town 2014–15[8] Championship 31 1 2 0 1 0 2[b] 0 36 1
2015–16[9] 28 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 29 2
2016–17[10] 26 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 28 1
Ipswich total 85 4 3 0 3 0 2 0 93 4
Career total 214 14 13 0 4 0 4 0 235 14
  1. ^ Appearances in the Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in the Championship play-offs

International

Mauritius national team
Year Apps Goals
2011 1 0
2012 1 0
2013 0 0
2014 0 0
2015 3 0
2016 1 0
2017 2 1
Total 8 1

Statistics accurate as of match played 29 March 2017[11]

Personal

Kévin's parents are from Mauritius. His brother Jonathan is also a football player. He currently plays for U.D. Oliveirense. Jonathan also represents Mauritius internationally with the Mauritius national football team.

References

  1. ^ "EFL: Retained list: 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Kevin Bru to USBCO!
  3. ^ "Бру подписа, тренира и си тръгна" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  4. ^ Watson, Stuart (31 July 2014). "French-Mauritian midfielder Kevin Bru signs for Ipswich Town". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Ipswich 4-2 Birmingham". BBC Sport. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  6. ^ Bru represents Mauritius
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "K.Bru". soccerways.com. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Games played by Kévin Bru in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Games played by Kévin Bru in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Games played by Kévin Bru in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Kévin Bru". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
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