Massimo Brambilla

Brambilla grew up in the football youth academy of Monza, and he was promoted to the first team for the 1990–91 season, taking part in the Serie C1 championship that season, and conquering Serie B promotion the year after. He stayed at Monza for two and a half more seasons, two of which were in Serie B, and a half season in C1, when in January 1995, he was acquired by Reggiana (then in Serie A), deciding to leave his hometown club, in order to play football in the top Italian division. With Reggiana, Brambilla played half of the 1994–95 Serie A season, as the team was relegated to the lower divisions, and he was subsequently purchased by Parma. In the 1995–96 Serie A season, he made 26 league appearances, and in the next season, he initially remained at Parma, but in January, after having spent much time on the bench, and only making nine appearances, he was purchased outright by Serie A newcomers Bologna, with whom he played an excellent second half of season, collecting 14 appearances, and managing a 7th-place finish in Serie A. In the summer of 1997, Italian star Roberto Baggio transferred to Bologna, and Brambilla remained somewhat on the sidelines, collecting only two full appearances during the start of the 1997–98 Serie A season. In October, he moved to a Torino side that had strong ambitions to obtain promotion to Serie A, and in his first season with the club, Brambilla made 26 appearances, scoring two goals. On the final matchday of the Serie B championship,…

Although he was never capped at senior level, Brambilla played for the Italy Under-21 national football team on 17 occasions between 1993 and 1996, under manager Cesare Maldini. He was notably a member of the squad which won the 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, and he also took part in the Olympic Games in Atlanta, making two appearances.

In 2011, he obtained a UEFA A coaching license, which made him eligible to coach Lega Pro teams or below. In the 2010–11 season he was the coach of the Giovanissimi national under-16 team of Pergocrema. Following Valter Bonacina's departure as Atalanta Primavera coach, Brambilla was appointed his successor to the job. Prior to his appointment as under-19 coach, Brambilla had served as Atalanta's Allievi (under-17 coach). After seven years as coach in Atalanta's youth sector, on 28 June 2022, Brambilla was appointed head coach of Juventus Next Gen, the reserve team of Juventus playing in the Serie C. After two seasons, in June 2024, Brambilla departed from Juventus Next Gen to accept a coaching offer from fellow Serie C club Foggia. However, his experience at Foggia turned out to be short-lived, as he was dismissed on 25 September 2024 following a negative start to the new season. On 12 November 2024, Brambilla returned to Juventus Next Gen, replacing outgoing manager Paolo Montero. On 27 October 2025, Brambilla was appointed as interim coach for Juventus, following the sacking of Igor Tudor.

Both Brambilla and his son Alessio, who plays football professionally as a midfielder for AC Bra on loan from Cremonese, are not related to the family of late Formula One racing driver Vittorio Brambilla.