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Brazilian goalkeeper who ordered his girlfriend’s murder in 2010 gets signed by a new club

Goalkeeper Bruno Fernandes de Souza has been handed a two-year contract by Brazilian club Boa Esporte. This would have been just another piece of transfer news had the goalkeeper in question not done something truly despicable in the past.

‘Bruno’ was recently released from prison after serving seven years of a 22-year sentence following the 2010 murder of his then girlfriend, Eliza Samudio, who he met at a footballers’ party in 2009, and with whom he had a son. Bruno was the main suspect in her murder.

He was then playing and captaining Flamengo and is believed to have been on top of his game, with many touting he was destined for greener pastures.