Giuseppe Brizi

Giuseppe Brizi

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Playing career

Brizi debuted in professional football during the 1959–60 Serie C season, when he played as a midfielder for Maceratese. In 1962, he was then bought by Fiorentina, where Ferruccio Valcareggi eventually decided to play him as a sweeper. 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) and contributing to winning, among others, one Scudetto and two Coppa Italia. He was part of the Italy national B team's squad that won the 1963 Mediterranean Games.

Managerial career

Brizi was the manager of Maceratese for three non-consecutive tenures, where he won his Girone during the 1979–80 Serie D season, Lanciano, Fermana, and Sangiustese.

Club
S.S. Maceratese 1922 (1959–1962)
Club
ACF Fiorentina (1962–1976)
Club
S.S. Maceratese 1922 (1976–1977)

Legacy

Honours

Player

Fiorentina

Serie A: 1968–69 Coppa Italia: 1965–66, 1974–75 Anglo-Italian League Cup: 1975 Mitropa Cup: 1966 Italy

Mediterranean Games: 1963

Individual

ACF Fiorentina Hall of Fame: 2012

Clubs

Played together with

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Italian association football player (1942-2022)

Position

defender

Extract from Wikipedia

Giuseppe Brizi was an Italian professional football player and manager who played as a defender. In 2012, he was inducted into ACF Fiorentina Hall of Fame.

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