Giuseppe Brizi
Giuseppe Brizi is an Italian former professional footballer and manager who played as a defender.[4]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 March 1942 | ||
Place of birth | Macerata, Italy | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Robur Macerata 1905[1] | |||
Maceratese[2] | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1959–1962 | Maceratese[3] | 62 | (1) |
1962–1976 | Fiorentina[3] | 374 | (2) |
1976–1977 | Maceratese[3] | 17 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1979–1981 | Maceratese | ||
1982–1983 | Lanciano | ||
1983–1984 | Maceratese | ||
1984–1986 | Fermana | ||
1992–1996 | Sangiustese | ||
1996–1997 | Maceratese | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
In 2012, he was inducted into ACF Fiorentina Hall of Fame.[5]
Career
Player
He debuted in professional football during the 1959–60 Serie C season, when he played as a midfielder for Maceratese.[3][4] In 1962, he was then bought by Fiorentina, where Ferruccio Valcareggi eventually decided to play him as a sweeper.[3] In Florence, Brizi had his best spell of his career, making 389 appearances (becoming the player with the second highest number of appearances in the history of the club)[6] and contributing to winning, among others, one Scudetto and two Coppa Italia.[4]
He was part of the Italy national football B squad that won the 1963 Mediterranean Games.
Manager
Brizi was the manager of Maceratese for three non-consecutive tenures, where he won his Girone during the 1979–80 Serie D season,[7] Lanciano, Fermana, and Sangiustese.[8]
Honours
Club
Fiorentina
- Serie A: 1968–69
- Coppa Italia: 1965–66, 1974–75
- Anglo-Italian League Cup: 1975
- Mitropa Cup: 1966
International
Individual
References
- Mozzoni, Andrea (20 April 2017). "Giuseppe Brizi, i valori dell'oratorio anche in Serie A". EmmeTV (in Italian). Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- "108 anni di sport con i giovani di Macerata". Robur1905Macerata.it. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- "Brizi Giuseppe". Enciclopediadelcalcio.it. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- Prizio, Stefano; Signoria, Leonardo (2016). La Fiorentina dalla A alla Z. Newton Compton Editori. ISBN 8854195448.
- "La prima edizione della Hall of Fame Viola". Nove da Firenze (in Italian). 28 September 2012. Archived from the original on 31 July 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- "Auguri mitico Pino Brizenbauer!". Viola News (in Italian). 19 March 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- "Maceratese calcio: una storia quasi centenaria, dagli albori alla sua fine". Vivere Macerata (in Italian). 23 December 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- "Giuseppe Brizi". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
External links
- Italo Bandini at ATF-Firenze.it
- Giuseppe Brizi at FootballDatabase.eu