8 Giovani Lima Soares
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- Height:
- 5-9
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- Weight:
- 180
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- Hometown:
- Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- High School:
- Abaco HS
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- Previous College:
- NIACC
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- Position:
- MF
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- Previous School(s):
- North Iowa Area Community College
Honors & Awards:
- 2023, Honorable mention all-CAC
- 2023, CAC Champion of Character
2023 Season (Junior): Earned honorable mention all-CAC honors and was BU’s CAC Champion of Character representative … Started all 24 games … Scored two goals and three assists … Put nine of 24 shots on goal … Assisted both goals in the win against Grand View (Sept. 12) … Scored his first goal as a Bruin in the Senior Day win against Waldorf (Oct. 140) … Scored the game-winner at Hastings (Oct. 18) … Delivered an assist in the NAIA Second Round triumph over #1 Mid-America Christian (Nov. 18) to advance to the Final Site … Played primarily as a defensive midfielder … Helped the team post a program-record 13 shutouts … Set a school-record going 641 minutes and three seconds from Sept. 26-Nov. 11 without being scored upon … Led a defense that allowed just 21 goals in 24 games for a 0.86 goals against average … Limited opponents to just 4.6 shots on goal per game.
At North Iowa Area CC: Began his collegiate career at North Iowa Area Community College in Mason City, Iowa ... Played three years of soccer for coach Graham Lynch ... Started 41 of 46 games in which he appeared ... Scored 10 goals and 10 assists in his time with the Trojans.
High School: Attended Abaco High School in Sao Bernardo do Campo.
Club Soccer: Played club soccer for Med City FC, coached by Neil Cassidy.
Personal: Son of Fernando and Marcia Soares ... Has an older brother, Vitor ... Born on July 16, 2002 ... Majoring in Business.
| Recent Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nov 9 | vs. Washington Adventist | W, 1-0 |
| Nov 11 | vs. #14 Florida National | T, 2-2 |
| Nov 16 | vs. Northwestern | W, 2-0 |
| Nov 18 | at #1 Mid-America Christian | T, 3-3 |
| Nov 27 | vs. #22 Indiana Wesleyan | W, 2-0 |
| Nov 30 | vs. #19 Milligan | L, 2-1 |
| Statistics category | Overall | Conf | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | 24 | - | ||
| Games started | 24 | - | ||
| Goals | 2 | - | ||
| Assists | 3 | - | ||
| Points | 7 | 0 | ||
| Shots | 24 | - | ||
| Shot Pct | .083 | - | ||
| Penalty kicks | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||
| Game-winning goals | 1 | - | ||
| Date | Opponent | Score | gs | g | a | pts | sh | pct | pk | gw |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17 | at Doane | W, 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Aug 19 | Clarke | T, 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Aug 22 | at Morningside | L, 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Aug 26 | Briar Cliff | L, 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Aug 30 | at Viterbo | T, 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 2 | York | W, 4-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 5 | (RV) Concordia (Neb.) | L, 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | Northwestern | W, 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 12 | (RV) Grand View | W, 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | at #2 Mid-America Christian | L, 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | Science and Arts | W, 5-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 26 | at #14 Columbia (Mo.) | L, 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | at Hannibal-LaGrange | W, 7-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | at #16 Missouri Baptist | W, 4-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 10 | at Southwestern Christian | W, 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | Waldorf | W, 5-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | at Hastings | W, 5-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1.000 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Oct 28 | at Judson | W, 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | vs. Washington Adventist | W, 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | vs. #14 Florida National | T, 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | vs. Northwestern | W, 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | at #1 Mid-America Christian | T, 3-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Nov 27 | vs. #22 Indiana Wesleyan | W, 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | vs. #19 Milligan | L, 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| gp | gs | gpg | a/g | pts/g | sh/g | sh% | sog/g | sog% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 24 | 24 | .08 | .13 | .29 | 1.00 | .083 | .38 | .375 |
| Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Home | 8 | 8 | .13 | .25 | .50 | .63 | .200 | .25 | .400 |
| Away | 11 | 11 | .09 | .09 | .27 | 1.36 | .067 | .45 | .333 |
| Neutral | 5 | 5 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .80 | .000 | .40 | .500 |
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| Wins | 14 | 14 | .14 | .14 | .43 | .86 | .167 | .43 | .500 |
| Losses | 6 | 6 | .00 | .00 | .00 | 1.83 | .000 | .50 | .273 |
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| August | 5 | 5 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .80 | .000 | .20 | .250 |
| September | 8 | 8 | .00 | .25 | .25 | 1.38 | .000 | .50 | .364 |
| October | 5 | 5 | .40 | .00 | .80 | 1.00 | .400 | .40 | .400 |
| November | 6 | 6 | .00 | .17 | .17 | .67 | .000 | .33 | .500 |
| gp | gs | g | a | pts | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | yc | rc | pk | gw | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 24 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 24 | .083 | 9 | .375 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Conference | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 | - |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 | - |
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| Home | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | .200 | 2 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Away | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 | .067 | 5 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Neutral | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
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| Wins | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | .167 | 6 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Losses | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .000 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
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| August | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| September | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | .000 | 4 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| October | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .400 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| November | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .000 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
