Giuseppe Brizi (19 March 1942 – 9 June 2022) was an Italian professional football player and manager who played as a defender.[4] In 2012, he was inducted into ACF Fiorentina Hall of Fame.[5]
 Brizi captaining Fiorentina in 1974 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 March 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Macerata, Italy | ||
| Date of death | 9 June 2022 (aged 80) | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Robur Macerata 1905[1] | |||
| Maceratese[3] | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1962 | Maceratese[2] | 62 | (1) |
| 1962–1976 | Fiorentina[2] | 374 | (2) |
| 1976–1977 | Maceratese[2] | 17 | (0) |
| Total | 453 | (3) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1979–1981 | Maceratese | ||
| 1982–1983 | Lanciano | ||
| 1983–1984 | Maceratese | ||
| 1984–1986 | Fermana | ||
| 1992–1996 | Sangiustese | ||
| 1996–1997 | Maceratese | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editBrizi 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 B team's's squad that won the 1963 Mediterranean Games.
Managerial career
editBrizi 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]
Death
editBrizi died on 9 June 2022, at the age of 80.[9]
Honours
editPlayer
editFiorentina
- Serie A: 1968–69
- Coppa Italia: 1965–66, 1974–75
- Anglo-Italian League Cup: 1975
- Mitropa Cup: 1966
Italy
Individual
editReferences
edit- ^ Mozzoni, Andrea (20 April 2017). "Giuseppe Brizi, i valori dell'oratorio anche in Serie A". EmmeTV (in Italian). Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Brizi Giuseppe". Enciclopediadelcalcio.it. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ "108 anni di sport con i giovani di Macerata". Robur1905Macerata.it. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ a b c Prizio, Stefano; Signoria, Leonardo (2016). La Fiorentina dalla A alla Z. Newton Compton Editori. ISBN 978-8854195448.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Papini, Roberto Davide (9 June 2022). "Fiorentina in lutto: è morto Brizi, il Beckenbauer viola. Vinse il secondo scudetto". La Nazione (in Italian). Retrieved 10 June 2022.
External links
edit- Italo Bandini at ATF-Firenze.it