Matteo Brighi

Matteo Brighi
Matteo Brighi
Personal information
Date of birth February 14, 1981 (1981-02-14) (age 30)
Place of birth Rimini, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Atalanta
Number 33
Youth career
19971998 Rimini
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19982000 Rimini 44 (7)
20002002 Juventus 11 (0)
20012002 Bologna (loan) 32 (0)
20022004 Parma 22 (1)
20032004 Brescia (loan) 29 (1)
2004 Roma 83 (8)
20042007 Chievo (loan) 108 (9)
2011 Atalanta (loan) 5 (0)
National team
2000 Italy U-18 3 (0)
20002001 Italy U-20 5 (0)
20002004 Italy U-21 35 (2)
20022009 Italy 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 16, 2010.

Appearances (Goals).

National team caps and goals correct as of June 6, 2009

Matteo Brighi (born February 14, 1981 in Rimini, Rimini, Italy) is an Italian football player. He currently plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Atalanta. Brighi was named Serie A Young Footballer of the Year in 2002. Brighi is noted for his stamina, tackling, and aerial abilities.

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Club career

Brighi started his career at Rimini. In 2000, he was purchased by Juventus.

Parma

In 2002, 50% of the registration rights to Matteo Brighi were sold to A.C. Parma by Juventus F.C. as part of the deal which saw Marco Di Vaio to Juventus. The transfer was worth5 million at the time.[1]

Chievo

In 2004, Juventus bought back Brighi's rights for a11.5 million[2] and sold them to Roma as part of the deal for Emerson worth16 million.[3] He signed a 5-year contract worth0.93 million in gross annually.

However Brighi was then immediately sent on loan to Chievo for three seasons.[4] That season Roma also signed central midfielder Simone Perrotta from the Verona side. Chievo had to pay Roma per appearances of Brighi, which each 5 appearances worth80,000.[5] He played for Chievo at the UEFA Champions League 200607 third qualifying round and twice at UEFA Cup 200607 first round. In his last season, he formed the midfield line with Paolo Sammarco and Franco Semioli for over 20 matches. Although Chievo relegated in June, their performance earned each a transfer to a different club.

Roma

In 2007, returned to Roma. On 25 July 2008, he signed a new contract, keeping him at the club until June 2012. His annual gross salary was increased. He at first earned1.3M in 200809. This will increase to1.6M in 201112.[6]

Brighi has played in recent seasons on the left-centre in a 3-man midfield next to Daniele De Rossi. Brighi was previously used by Roma behind De Rossi as a defensive midfielder. Brighi helped Roma to a strong 2009-10 season. The team finished second in Serie A, just behind champions Inter Milan.

In a 20 November 2008 interview with La Repubblica, Brighi called Luciano Spallettithe best Ive ever had in terms of managing the group, and Ive had some great ones like Guidolin and Prandelli.” Around the same time he told Sky Italia, “I like to work, not talk. Other players talk and sell themselves, certainly better than I do. I dont blame them for it. Its just not me." In the same interview, he was asked who his favourite players were growing up and who he admires in football. "As a boy I loved Roberto Mancini when he was at Sampdoria, even though he played in a different position than I do. Now, as everyone knows, Damiano Tommasi inspires me. It's an honour to be compared to a great player and a great person like him." Tommasi has said of Brighi:Hes more talented than I am, I just got the chance to play in a great team and win something special. I hope Matteo gets the same chance.”

On 9 November 2008, Italian National Team Manager Marcello Lippi, who worked with Brighi at Juventus, was quoted in Rome newspaper Il Romanista as saying, "My memories of Brighi are optimal. From the human point of view he is a splendid boy, and from the technical point of view he is one of those diligent midfielders that every trainer would want to have. To my warning, at the beginning of his career, he was praised so excessively that too many expectations were created around him."

In September 2010, he signed a 4-year contract, in which his annual salary increased to1.8 million in 201011 Serie A season and to2.3M in the next three seasons.[7]

In August 2011, he joined Atalanta on loan.

International career

At youth level, he played at 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, formed the midfield with Manuele Blasi, Andrea Pirlo and Marco Marchionni. He also won the 2004 edition and qualified to Olympics.

Brighi's debut for Italy came when he started the friendly match against Slovenia in 2002, when he was 21. However, he has been called up once again by Coach Marcello Lippi for 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers against Montenegro and the Republic of Ireland in 2009. On March 28, 2009, Brighi was put on as a substitute in the 80th minute against Montenegro, playing for his first time since 2002. Four days later, he was chosen for the starting selection in Italy's draw with Ireland.

Brighi was called up again to play in Italy's pre-Confederations Cup friendly against Northern Ireland. Brighi came on as a second half substitute for Gennaro Gattuso, and provided many spectacular passes, one of which lead to a goal. Although Brighi played magnificently, he was not selected in Italy's 23-man roster for the Confederations Cup.

Statistics

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Italy League Coppa Italia Europe Total
1998/99 Rimini Calcio Serie C2 10 1 - 10 1
1999/00 34 6 - 34 6
2000/01 Juventus Serie A 11 0 1 0 - 12 0
2001/02 Bologna Serie A 32 0 1 0 - 33 0
2002/03 Parma Serie A 22 1 0 0 3 0 25 1
2003/04 Brescia Serie A 29 1 2 0 - 31 1
2004/05 Chievo Verona Serie A 35 1 1 0 - 36 1
2005/06 26 2 0 0 - 26 2
2006/07 27 6 1 0 3 0 31 6
2007/08 Roma Serie A 24 1 5 0 2 0 31 1
2008/09 35 3 2 0 7 3 44 6
2009/10 Roma Serie A 24 4 2 1 4 0 30 5
2010/11
Country Italy 309 26 15 1 19 3 343 30
Total 309 26 15 1 19 3 343 30

[8]

Italy national team
Year Apps Goals
2002 1 0
2003 0 0
2004 0 0
2005 0 0
2006 0 0
2007 0 0
2008 0 0
2009 3 0
Total 4 0

Personal life

Brighi gave perhaps his most revealing interview to website romanews.eu on 13 January 2009. He discussed many topics, including the pressures today's footballer's face and their bad decisions off the field, his admiration for Gennaro Gattuso ("My reference as a player, he's won the World Cup and many trophies with Milan"), making it a priority to not live a lifestyle of excess in the current economic crisis as people lose their jobs daily, his hobbies ("dinners with friends, cinema, concerts, novels"), when he realized his life had changed as a Roma player ("I've been here a year, but two months ago my life was different. Nobody stopped me on the street and said, 'Matteo, you are a phenomenon!'"), his best friends at the club ("Tonetto and Perrotta, two people who know how to detach from football, but I often eat meals with Aquilani, De Rossi and Okaka"), being single but dreaming of starting a family one day, the fact that he does not see himself as unique ("I'm not the only player that goes home and reads a book instead of going to a disco all night"), and above all his intention to end his career playing for Rimini ("When I went away, I promised I would go back one day. And that day will come").

His younger brother Marco is also a professional footballer.

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