Giuseppe Brizi is an Italian former professional footballer and manager who played as a defender.[4]

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.[2][4] In 1962, he was then bought by Fiorentina, where Ferruccio Valcareggi eventually decided to play him as a sweeper.[2] 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

Player

Club

Fiorentina

International

Individual

References

  1. ^ Mozzoni, Andrea (20 April 2017). "Giuseppe Brizi, i valori dell'oratorio anche in Serie A". EmmeTV (in Italian). Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Brizi Giuseppe". Enciclopediadelcalcio.it. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  3. ^ "108 anni di sport con i giovani di Macerata". Robur1905Macerata.it. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b c Prizio, Stefano; Signoria, Leonardo (2016). La Fiorentina dalla A alla Z. Newton Compton Editori. ISBN 8854195448.
  5. ^ a b "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.
  6. ^ "Auguri mitico Pino Brizenbauer!". Viola News (in Italian). 19 March 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Maceratese calcio: una storia quasi centenaria, dagli albori alla sua fine". Vivere Macerata (in Italian). 23 December 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Giuseppe Brizi". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

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