André "Gigueto" Soares is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu and mixed martial arts fighter.
Shares started training in martial arts at 9 years old practicing Judo.
To make the team there was a tournament style training session in the middle of Carlson Gracie's gym.
Soares followed his teammates over to BTT (Brazilian Top Team) where he competed and received his black belt in 2001.
In 2004, he moved to Florida to reunite with ATT (American Top Team) founder Ricardo Liborio and his master Marcus Aurelio.