Marciano van Homoet Bruma (born Marciano van Homoet; 7 March 1984) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a defender for

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club .

Club career

Barnsley

Van Homoet was signed by

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on 8 June 2007. He was originally known as Bruma, but was forced to change his name in September 2007, by the FA when Barnsley sent in his registration, after he completed a successful trial period with them at the start of the season. When he broke his hand he had a plate screwed onto his second metacarpal in an hour-long surgery, the plate is a permanent attachment and can not be removed. After breaking a bone in his hand during pre-season, Van Homoet made his

debut in December 2007 against

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. During his first season at Oakwell, he played as a substitute in the memorable win over

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side

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in the 2007-08 FA Cup. He then excelled in the subsequent quarter-final victory against Chelsea and also played at

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in the Semi-Final against

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. His second season with the

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outfit did not get off to a very good start; getting himself sent off in the first match of the 2008/09 season vs

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Willem II

He was released in July 2009 when his contract expired. He then signed a deal with Dutch side Willem II.

Arka Gdynia

He signed a two-year contract with Polish club

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on 9 July 2010. He was released from

on 30 June 2011.

Lech Poznań

On 18 August 2011 Bruma signed a one-year contract with Polish side

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, only to leave them after one year for Dutch amateur side

Rijnsburgse Boys Rijnsburgse Boys is a football club based in Rijnsburg, Netherlands. The team compete in the Tweede Divisie, the third level of the Dutch football league system. History The club was established on 24 March 1930. It currently plays in the Twe ...

. He was snapped up by

Excelsior Maassluis Excelsior Maassluis is a football club from Maassluis, Netherlands, founded in 1918. The club's home ground is the 5,000 capacity arena known as Sportpark Dijkpolder. History Excelsior won the Hoofdklasse of 2013 and became champions of the T ...

in summer 2014 and left them for

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club

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in 2016.Bruma van Excelsior M naar XerxesDZB
- WOS

Personal life

Marciano is the older brother of

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player

Jeffrey Bruma Jeffrey Kevin van Homoet Bruma (; born 13 November 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. Club career Chelsea Bruma joined Chelsea's youth setup from Feyenoord at the age of 15 for a fee of £100,000, and was ...

. He had always been known as Marciano Bruma in the Netherlands, after dropping his father’s surname as a young child when his parents split up. But the FA insisted he should use the name on his birth certificate, so in England he played as Marciano van Homoet.

References

External links

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Marciano van Homoet profile
at barnsleyfc.co.uk * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bruma, Marciano 1984 births Living people Footballers from Rotterdam Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent Men's association football defenders Dutch men's footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Poland Sparta Rotterdam players Barnsley F.C. players Willem II Tilburg players Arka Gdynia players Lech Poznań players Rijnsburgse Boys players Excelsior Maassluis players Eredivisie players English Football League players Ekstraklasa players Derde Divisie players