Brazilian goalkeeper Bruno Fernandes who allegedly ordered his girlfriend’s murder before he fed her body to his dog has signed for a new club after serving just seven years in jail.

Fernandes, known in Brazil as Bruno, was only recently released from prison after serving seven years of a 22-year sentence following the 2010 murder.

Police believed Bruno planned her abduction and murder with eight others, including his wife Dayane, another ex-lover, a younger cousin and a former policeman turned hit man Luiz Santos.

Fernandes, was the main suspect in the murder of his former girlfriend Eliza Samudio, who he met at a footballers’ party in 2009, and with whom he had a son.

Bruno Fernandes de Souza, 32, has been handed a two-year contract by second tier Brazilian side Boa Esporte, in a move that has caused uproar in the country.

The former Flamengo captain is said to have wanted his ex-partner dead so he could avoid paying child support after she gave birth to his love child.