Bruno Malias

Malias played for several club sides in international beach soccer circuits, including stints in Europe and South America. In 2013, he joined Corinthians alongside teammate Bruno Xavier.

Malias was a key member of Brazil's national team during their unprecedented run of four straight FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup victories from 2006 to 2009. He earned individual accolades, including the Bronze Ball (third-best player) and Bronze Shoe (third-top scorer) at the 2006 tournament, and the Bronze Shoe again in 2007. He is noted as having participated in every edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup up to at least the early 2010s, and he scored the competition's 1,600th goal in one edition. As of 2025 FIFA records, he ranks among the all-time top goalscorers in World Cup history with 39 goals in 37 appearances. For the Brazil national team overall, as of the latest available records, Malias had scored 214 goals, ranking him seventh on the all-time list for the Seleção. He retired from international play in the mid-2010s, with no further caps or goals recorded in subsequent tournaments.

Post-retirement, Malias served as head coach of the Seychelles national beach soccer team in 2015 where the team placed 5th at the inaugural COSAFA tournament in April 2015 and prepared them for the 2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship. He also collaborated on beach soccer infrastructure projects in Vitória (2018),

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Malias moved to Vitória at age 12. He debuted for the Brazil national team in 2003 and became a mainstay in the forward line during Brazil's golden era in the 2000s.