Bruno Giorgi (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 20 November 1940 | ||
Place of birth | Pavia, Italy | ||
Date of death | 22 September 2010 | (aged 69)||
Place of death | Reggio Emilia, Italy | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Full back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1962–1966 | Palermo | 111 | (1) |
1966–1972 | Reggiana | 203 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1975–1976 | Reggiana | ||
1976–1977 | Empoli | ||
1977–1979 | Nocerina | ||
1980–1981 | Campobasso | ||
1981–1982 | Modena | ||
1982–1983 | Padova | ||
1983–1986 | Vicenza | ||
1986–1988 | Brescia | ||
1988–1989 | Cosenza | ||
1989–1990 | Fiorentina | ||
1990–1992 | Atalanta | ||
1992–1993 | Genoa | ||
1993–1994 | Cagliari | ||
1996 | Cagliari | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bruno Giorgi (20 November 1940 – 22 September 2010) was an Italian football player and manager who played as a defender.
Biography
[edit]After an unremarkable career with teams such as Palermo and Reggiana, Giorgi became a football coach. In 1989, after several experiences in minor league football (including a stint at Vicenza during which he had the opportunity to launch a young Roberto Baggio into his early footsteps into first team football), and immediately after narrowly missing top flight promotion with Serie B outsiders Cosenza, he took the head coaching job at Fiorentina (also, his first Serie A job) where he performed badly at domestic league level but also leading the club to the 1989–90 UEFA Cup final, being however removed from his position before the two-legged final itself was actually played.[1]
In 1993, he was appointed head coach of Cagliari, an experience that ended after only one season with a remarkable 1993–94 UEFA Cup semi-final. He returned briefly at Cagliari in 1996 to replace Giovanni Trapattoni, and successively retired from football altogether.[1]
On 29 September 2010, it was revealed that Bruno Giorgi had died exactly a week earlier in a Reggio Emilia clinic.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Addio a Bruno Giorgi Al Vicenza lanciò Baggio" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2010.