Giuseppe Brizi

In 2012, he was inducted into ACF Fiorentina Hall of Fame.

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
	Maceratese
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959–1962	Maceratese	62	(1)
1962–1976	Fiorentina	374	(2)
1976–1977	Maceratese	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

Brizi debuted in professional football during the 1959–60 Serie C season, when he played as a midfielder for Maceratese. In 1962, he was then bought by Fiorentina, where Ferruccio Valcareggi eventually decided to play him as a sweeper. 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) and contributing to winning, among others, one Scudetto and two Coppa Italia.

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, Lanciano, Fermana, and Sangiustese.

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