8 Giovani Lima Soares
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- Height:
- 5-9
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- Weight:
- 180
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- Year:
- Sr.
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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:
- 2024, First team all-CAC
- 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 | ||
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| Oct 29 | at #2 Oklahoma Wesleyan | L, 3-1 |
| Nov 11 | vs. Talladega | W, 4-0 |
| Nov 13 | at (RV) Georgia Gwinnett | W, 2-1 |
| Nov 23 | (RV) Williams Baptist | T, 0-0 |
| Dec 2 | vs. #19 LSU Shreveport | W, 1-0 |
| Dec 5 | vs. #1 Dalton State | L, 1-0 |
| Statistics category | Overall | Conf | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | 22 | 2 | ||
| Games started | 22 | 2 | ||
| Goals | 2 | 1 | ||
| Assists | 4 | 0 | ||
| Points | 8 | 2 | ||
| Shots | 16 | 1 | ||
| Shot Pct | .125 | 1.000 | ||
| Penalty kicks | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||
| Game-winning goals | 2 | 1 | ||
| Date | Opponent | Score | gs | g | a | pts | sh | pct | pk | gw |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7 | at Iowa Lakes Community College | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Aug 10 | at Air Force | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Aug 15 | Doane | W, 6-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Aug 17 | Hastings | W, 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Aug 21 | at Union Omaha | L, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aug 28 | at Briar Cliff | W, 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Aug 31 | Tabor | W, 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 4 | at (RV) Concordia (Neb.) | W, 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | Morningside | W, 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 12 | at Oklahoma City | T, 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | at Science and Arts | T, 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | at #19 Benedictine (Kan.) | W, 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | at Midland | W, 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | at Jamestown | W, 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | #16 Columbia (Mo.) | W, 3-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Oct 12 | Dordt | W, 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 16 | at #7 Missouri Valley | L, 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | Jamestown | W, 2-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1.000 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Oct 22 | Viterbo | W, 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | at #2 Oklahoma Wesleyan | L, 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | vs. Talladega | W, 4-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Nov 13 | at (RV) Georgia Gwinnett | W, 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | (RV) Williams Baptist | T, 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Dec 2 | vs. #19 LSU Shreveport | W, 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Dec 5 | vs. #1 Dalton State | L, 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| gp | gs | gpg | a/g | pts/g | sh/g | sh% | sog/g | sog% | |
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| Total | 22 | 22 | .09 | .18 | .36 | .73 | .125 | .36 | .500 |
| Conference | 2 | 2 | .50 | .00 | 1.00 | .50 | 1.000 | .50 | 1.000 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Home | 9 | 9 | .22 | .22 | .67 | 1.22 | .182 | .56 | .455 |
| Away | 10 | 10 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .40 | .000 | .20 | .500 |
| Neutral | 3 | 3 | .00 | .67 | .67 | .33 | .000 | .33 | 1.000 |
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| Wins | 16 | 16 | .13 | .25 | .50 | .94 | .133 | .44 | .467 |
| Losses | 3 | 3 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | - | .00 | - |
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| August | 4 | 4 | .00 | .50 | .50 | .25 | .000 | .00 | .000 |
| September | 5 | 5 | .00 | .00 | .00 | 1.20 | .000 | .40 | .333 |
| October | 8 | 8 | .25 | .00 | .50 | .88 | .286 | .50 | .571 |
| November | 3 | 3 | .00 | .33 | .33 | .67 | .000 | .67 | 1.000 |
| December | 2 | 2 | .00 | .50 | .50 | .00 | - | .00 | - |
| gp | gs | g | a | pts | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | yc | rc | pk | gw | |
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| Total | 22 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | .125 | 8 | .500 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Conference | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 | - |
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| Home | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | .182 | 5 | .455 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Away | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Neutral | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
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| Wins | 16 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | .133 | 7 | .467 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Losses | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
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| August | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .000 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| September | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 2 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| October | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .286 | 4 | .571 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| November | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| December | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
