{{short description|French / Jamaican / Cameroon footballer (born 2002)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Brandon Soppy | image = | caption = | full_name =Brandon Soppy<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www-football-fr.translate.goog/football/joueurs/b-soppy-293656.html/?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc |title= Player profile}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|2|21|df=y}} | birth_place = Aubervilliers, France | height = 1.81 m | position = Right-back | currentclub = Lausanne-Sport | clubnumber = 2 | youthyears1 = 2011–2017 | youthclubs1 = CFF Paris | youthyears2 = 2017–2020 | youthclubs2 = Rennes | years1 = 2018–2021 | clubs1 = Rennes II | caps1 = 12 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2020–2021 | clubs2 = Rennes | caps2 = 10 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2021–2022 | clubs3 = Udinese | caps3 = 29 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2022–2025 | clubs4 = Atalanta | caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2023–2024 | clubs5 = → Torino (loan) | caps5 = 5 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2024 | clubs6 = → Schalke 04 (loan) | caps6 = 5 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2024–2025 | clubs7 = → Atalanta U23 | caps7 = 8 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2025– | clubs8 = Lausanne-Sport | caps8 = 31 | goals8 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2017–2018 | nationalteam1 = France U16 | nationalcaps1 = 7 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2018–2019 | nationalteam2 = France U17 | nationalcaps2 = 16 | nationalgoals2 = 2 | nationalyears3 = 2019 | nationalteam3 = France U18 | nationalcaps3 = 11 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | nationalyears4 = 2022 | nationalteam4 = France U20 | nationalcaps4 = 1 | nationalgoals4 = 0 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}} {{MedalCountry|{{fb|FRA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|FIFA U-17 World Cup}} {{Medal|3rd|2019 Brazil|}} {{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Under-17 Championship}} {{Medal|B|2019 Ireland|}} | club-update = 26 May 2026 | nationalteam-update = }} '''Beanou-Junior Brandon Deflorent Soppy''' (born 21 February 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as right-back for Swiss Super League club Lausanne-Sport.
== Club career ==
=== Early career === Soppy began playing football at Bobigny, before joining CFFP aged 12–13. He moved to INF Clairefontaine, and later signed for Rennes's youth academy.<ref name="footmercato">{{Cite web |last=Léger-Moëc |first=Aurélien |date=10 May 2020 |title=À la découverte de Brandon Soppy, la prochaine révélation du Stade Rennais |url=https://www.footmercato.net/a3269191455133474369-a-la-decouverte-de-brandon-soppy-la-prochaine-revelation-du-stade-rennais |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511021944/https://www.footmercato.net/a3269191455133474369-a-la-decouverte-de-brandon-soppy-la-prochaine-revelation-du-stade-rennais |archive-date=11 May 2020 |access-date=19 August 2022 |website=Foot Mercato |language=fr}}</ref>
=== Rennes === Soppy signed his first professional contract with Rennes aged 16; the following year, he played for their reserve team in the Championnat National 3.<ref name="footmercato" /> In August 2020, Soppy made his Ligue 1 debut aged 18, in a 2–2 draw against Lille.<ref name="atalanta">{{Cite web |date=19 August 2022 |title=Welcome, Soppy! |url=https://www.atalanta.it/en/news/welcome-soppy/ |access-date=19 August 2022 |publisher=Atalanta BC}}</ref>
=== Udinese === In summer 2021, Soppy joined Udinese in the Serie A; he played 30 games during the 2021–22 season: 28 in Serie A and two in the Coppa Italia.<ref name="atalanta" />
=== Atalanta === On 19 August 2022, Soppy joined fellow Serie A side Atalanta.<ref name="atalanta" />
====Loan to Torino==== He then moved to Torino on a season-long loan on 31 August 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.atalanta.it/en/news/brandon-soppy-joins-torino/ |title=Brandon Soppy joins Torino |date=31 August 2023 |publisher=Atalanta BC |access-date=31 August 2023}}</ref>
====Loan to Schalke 04==== On 1 February 2024, he was loaned to German club Schalke 04 until the end of the season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://schalke04.de/en/team/soppy-loan-fc-schalke-04-2324/|title=Brandon Soppy joins FC Schalke 04|website=FC Schalke 04|date=1 February 2024}}</ref>
===Lausanne=== On 11 July 2025, Soppy signed a three-year contract with Lausanne-Sport in Switzerland.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=FC Lausanne-Sport|url=https://www.lausanne-sport.ch/bienvenue-brandon-soppy/|title=Bienvenue Brandon Soppy!|trans-title=Welcome Brandon Soppy!|date=11 July 2025|access-date=22 December 2025|language=fr}}</ref>
== Style of play == Initially a centre-back, Soppy moved to right-back at the end of his first year at Rennes. He is known for his direct style of play and crossing ability.<ref name="footmercato" />
==Career statistics== {{updated|27 September 2024|<ref>{{Soccerway}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe543563/brandon-soppy/club-matches/|title=Brandon Soppy - Club matches|website=worldfootball.net}}</ref>}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Rennes II |2018–19||National 3 |1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- |2019–20||National 3 |10||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||10||0 |- |2020–21||National 3 |1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !12!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!12!!0 |- |Rennes |2020–21||Ligue 1 |10||0||0||0||2{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}}||0||12||0 |- |rowspan="3"|Udinese |2021–22||Serie A |28||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||30||0 |- |2022–23||Serie A |1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||2||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !29!!0!!3!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!32!!0 |- |rowspan="3"|Atalanta |2022–23||Serie A |15||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||16||0 |- |2024–25||Serie A |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !15!!0!!1!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!16!!0 |- |Torino (loan) |2023–24||Serie A |5||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||5||0 |- |Schalke 04 (loan) |2023–24||2. Bundesliga |5||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !76!!0!!4!!0!!2!!0!!82!!0 |} {{notelist}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{WorldFootball.net}} * {{LFP|soppy-brandon}} * {{FFF player|9522-soppy-brandon}}
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