Alex Brunner

Early career

Brunner started his career at hometown club Triestina. After the club were relegated to Serie C1 in the summer of 1991, Brunner gained his place in first team, making five appearances for the club in two Serie C1 seasons. In the summer of 1993, he moved to Formia of Serie C2, where he first became a regular starter.

Foggia & Bologna

Brunner joined Foggia of Serie A in 1994, starting his career as a backup keeper for several Serie A clubs. In his first season with the team, he just made two appearances, as second-choice goalkeeper behind Francesco Mancini; after the club suffered relegation, he became a regular starter once again. In summer 1996, Brunner joined newly promoted Serie A team Bologna. He spent three seasons at the club, and made six appearances in Serie A, as second-choice goalkeeper behind Francesco Antonioli.

Como

He transferred to Como in June 1999, where he spent four seasons. In his first season with the club, Como just finished tenth in Serie C1, but in the second and third seasons, he helped the team to obtain consecutive promotions to Serie B and subsequently Serie A, which was also aided by the signing of new club president Enrico Preziosi. In the 2002–03 Serie A season, he competed with experienced Fabrizio Ferron for a starting spot, but still made 21 appearances for Como.

Return to Serie B

After Como finished bottom of the table and suffered relegation to Serie B, Brunner transferred to Ternana,…

After Itala San Marco were expelled from professional league, Brunner returned to Como in the 2009–10 season as an assistant goalkeeping coach (Italian: preparatore dei portieri), under Ottavio Strano, who was both the club's main goalkeeping coach (Italian: Allenatore portieri), and the team's head coach, along with Oscar Brevi. On 18 June, his contract was renewed for another year. Brunner spent seven years as goalkeeper coach at Udinese, before joining Watford in 2022.

Como Serie B: 2001–02