![]() Brizi captaining Fiorentina in 1974 | |||
Personal information | |||
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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) |
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 |
Giuseppe Brizi (19 March 1942 – 9 June 2022)[4] was an Italian professional football player and manager who played as a defender.[5] In 2012, he was inducted into ACF Fiorentina Hall of Fame.[6]
Brizi debuted in professional football during the 1959–60 Serie C season, when he played as a midfielder for Maceratese.[2][5] 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)[7] and contributing to winning, among others, one Scudetto and two Coppa Italia.[5]
He was part of the Italy national B team's's squad that won the 1963 Mediterranean Games.
Brizi was the manager of Maceratese for three non-consecutive tenures, where he won his Girone during the 1979–80 Serie D season,[8] Lanciano, Fermana, and Sangiustese.[9]
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