Bruno_Giorgi_(footballer)
Bruno Giorgi (footballer)
Italian footballer and manager
Bruno Giorgi (20 November 1940 – 22 September 2010) was an Italian football player and manager who played as a defender.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1940-11-20)20 November 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Pavia, Italy | ||
| Date of death | 22 September 2010(2010-09-22) (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 | |||
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 ACF 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]
- "Addio a Bruno Giorgi Al Vicenza lanciò Baggio" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2010.