Giuseppe Brizi

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]

Giuseppe Brizi

Brizi captaining Fiorentina in 1974
Personal information
Date of birth	(1942-03-19)19 March 1942
Place of birth	Macerata, Italy
Date of death	9 June 2022(2022-06-09) (aged 80)
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Robur Macerata 1905[1]
	Maceratese[2]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959–1962	Maceratese[3]	62	(1)
1962–1976	Fiorentina[3]	374	(2)
1976–1977	Maceratese[3]	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

Brizi debuted in professional football during the 1959–60 Serie C season, when he played as a midfielder for Maceratese.^[3][4] In 1962, he was then bought by Fiorentina, where Ferruccio Valcareggi eventually decided to play him as a sweeper.^[3] 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

• Serie A: 1968–69
• Coppa Italia: 1965–66, 1974–75
• Anglo-Italian League Cup: 1975
• Mitropa Cup: 1966

Italy

• Mediterranean Games: 1963

Individual

• ACF Fiorentina Hall of Fame: 2012^[5]