--- description: The goalkeeper was sentenced to 22 years in jail after admitting he had ordered the death of an ex-girlfriend title: People Are Outraged That This Brazilian Soccer Team Signed a Goalie That Had His Girlfriend Murdered image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36172da7e437e60d/6988be52bc6cfc56e33e081d/bruno-soccer.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [brazil](/tag/brazil/) ## brazil Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # People Are Outraged That This Brazilian Soccer Team Signed a Goalie That Had His Girlfriend Murdered  by [Alana Abramson](/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 14, 2017 5:28 PM CUT  Bruno Fernandes de Souza, during his trial in Contagem, Minas Gerais, Brazil, on Nov. 20, 2012. Bruno Fernandes de Souza, during his trial in Contagem, Minas Gerais, Brazil, on Nov. 20, 2012.Gualter Naves—AFP/Getty Images  by [Alana Abramson](/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 14, 2017 5:28 PM CUT A Brazilian soccer club is facing controversy and loss of sponsors after signing a goalkeeper convicted of having his former girlfriend murdered. The soccer club Boa Esporte signed a contract with Bruno Fernandes de Souza on Tuesday, the Associated Press [reported](http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2017/03/14/brazil-club-signs-goalkeeper-convicted-in-girlfriends-death/99162238/ "undefined"). “People run from me because of what happened in the past,” Fernandes de Souza said [at a news conference](http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2017/03/14/brazil-club-signs-goalkeeper-convicted-in-girlfriends-death/99162238/ "undefined"). The soccer player said he had ordered a friend to kill his former girlfriend, Eliza Samudio, and have her body fed to dogs back in 2010\. He was sentenced to 22 years in prison, but last month, a judge granted him his freedom, [according to the Associated Press](http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2017/02/24/brazilian-judge-grants-goalkeeper-right-to-remain-at-liberty/98365396/ "undefined"). Three sponsors have already withdrawn from supporting the team, The Guardian [reports](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/13/brazil-football-bruno-fernandes-de-souza-murder-girlfriend "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4701159/brazil-bruno-fernandes-de-souza-murder/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4701159/brazil-bruno-fernandes-de-souza-murder/"},"headline":"People Are Outraged That This Brazilian Soccer Team Signed a Goalie That Had His Girlfriend Murdered","datePublished":"2017-03-14T17:28:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:50:17.540Z","description":"The goalkeeper was sentenced to 22 years in jail after admitting he had ordered the death of an ex-girlfriend","url":"https://time.com/4701159/brazil-bruno-fernandes-de-souza-murder/","keywords":["brazil","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36172da7e437e60d/6988be52bc6cfc56e33e081d/bruno-soccer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alana Abramson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36172da7e437e60d/6988be52bc6cfc56e33e081d/bruno-soccer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"BRAZIL-DE SOUZA-MURDER-TRIAL","caption":"BRAZIL-DE SOUZA-MURDER-TRIAL","creditText":"Gualter Naves—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/brazil/","name":"brazil"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4701159/brazil-bruno-fernandes-de-souza-murder/","name":"People Are Outraged That This Brazilian Soccer Team Signed a Goalie That Had His Girlfriend Murdered"}}]}] ```