Giuseppe Brizi

Giuseppe Brizi
	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
	Maceratese
Senior career*
Years	Team
1959–1962	Maceratese
1962–1976	Fiorentina
1976–1977	Maceratese
Total
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) 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]

Playing career

Brizi 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 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,^[7] Lanciano, Fermana, and Sangiustese.^[8]

Death

Brizi died on 9 June 2022, at the age of 80.^[9]

Honours

Player

Fiorentina

Italy

Mediterranean Games: 1963

Individual

ACF Fiorentina Hall of Fame: 2012^[5]

References

^ 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

Italo Bandini at ATF-Firenze.it

[1] Mozzoni, Andrea (20 April 2017). "Giuseppe Brizi, i valori dell'oratorio anche in Serie A". EmmeTV (in Italian). Retrieved 10 September 2020.

[enciclopedia-2] "Brizi Giuseppe". Enciclopediadelcalcio.it. Retrieved 9 September 2020.

[3] "108 anni di sport con i giovani di Macerata". Robur1905Macerata.it. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

[fiorentinaAZ-4] Prizio, Stefano; Signoria, Leonardo (2016). La Fiorentina dalla A alla Z. Newton Compton Editori. ISBN 978-8854195448.

[first-5] "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.

[9] 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.

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