Profile Matteo Brighi

Personal information :

Full name : Matteo Brighi
Date of birth : February 14, 1981
Place of birth : Rimini, Italy
Height : 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position : Centre Midfielder
Current club : Roma
Number : 33
Youth career :
1997–1998 : Rimini
Senior career :
1998–2000 Rimini
2000–2002 Juventus
2001–2002 Bologna (loan)
2002–2004 Parma
2003–2004 Brescia (loan)
2004– Roma
2004–2007 Chievo (loan)
National team :
2000 Italy U-18
2000–2001 Italy U-20
2000–2004 Italy U-21
2002–2009 Italy

Club career

Parma

In 2002, 50% of the registration rights towards Matteo Brighi were sold towards A.C. Parma via Juventus F.C. as portion of the import which observed Marco Di Vaio towards Juventus. The shift was quality €5 million at the time.

Chievo

In 2004, Juventus bought back Brighi's rights for a €11.5 million and sold them towards Roma as portion of the import for Emerson quality €16 million. He signed a 5-year contract quality €0.93 million within gross annually. However Brighi was otherwise immediately posted onto credit towards Chievo for three seasons. That season Roma also signed central midfielder Simone Perrotta from the Verona side. Chievo had towards remunerate Roma per impressions of Brighi, which each six impressions quality €80,000. He performed for Chievo at the UEFA Champions League 2006–07 third qualifying round and twice at UEFA Cup 2006–07 former round. In his last season, he formed the midfield rope with Paolo Sammarco and Franco Semioli for again twenty matches. Although Chievo relegated within June, their operation incurred each a shift towards a different club.

Roma

In 2007, replaced towards Roma. On 25 July 2008, he signed a novel contract, holding him at the club until June 2012. His annual gross salary was increased. He at former incurred €1.3M within 2008–09. This shall increase towards €1.6M within 2011–12. Bighi has performed within modern seasons onto the left-centre within a 3-man midfield adjoining Daniele De Rossi. Brighi was previously consumed via Roma rear De Rossi as a protective midfielder. Brighi assisted Roma towards a powerful 2009-10 season. The team ceased second within Serie A, just rear winners Inter Milan. In a twenty November 2008 interview with La Repubblica, Brighi branded Luciano Spalletti “the greatest I’ve ever had within terms of managing the category, and I’ve had a number of great ones want Guidolin and Prandelli.” Around the equivalent moment he told Sky Italia, “I want towards profession, not talk. Other musicians talk and sell themselves, certainly better than I do. I don’t blame them for it. It’s just not me." In the equivalent interview, he was asked whom his preference musicians were evolving up and whom he compliments within football. "As a boy I relished Roberto Mancini when he was at Sampdoria, even although he performed within a different grading than I do. Now, as everyone knows, Damiano Tommasi inspires me. It's an honour towards be contrasted towards a great musician and a great fellow want him." Tommasi has remarked of Brighi: “He’s many skilled than I am, I just got the likelihood towards play within a great team and victory something special. I trust Matteo gets the equivalent chance.”

On 9 November 2008, Italian National Team Manager Marcello Lippi, whom worked with Brighi at Juventus, was quoted within Rome newspaper Il Romanista as remarking, "My memories of Brighi are optimal. From the human degree of look he is a splendid boy, and from the technical degree of look he is one of those diligent midfielders that every coach would need towards have. To my alarm, at former of his career, he was praised so excessively that too a lot expectations were designed round him." In September 2010, he signed a 4-year contract, within which his annual salary increased towards €1.8 million within 2010–11 Serie A season and towards €2.3M within the next three seasons.

International career

At youth grade, he performed 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 experienced towards Olympics. Brighi's debut for Italy arrived when he activated the friendly match against Slovenia within 2002, when he was 21. However, he has been branded up once again via Coach Marcello Lippi for 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers against Montenegro and the Republic of Ireland within 2009. On March 28, 2009, Brighi was put onto as a spare within the 80th minute against Montenegro, performing for his former moment since 2002. Four days afterwards, he was picked for the activating appointment within Italy's draw with Ireland. Brighi was branded up again towards play within Italy's pre-Confederations Cup friendly against Northern Ireland. Brighi arrived onto as a second halves spare for Gennaro Gattuso, and provided a lot spectacular traverses, one of which command towards a goal. Although Brighi performed magnificently, he was not appointed within Italy's 23-man roster for the Confederations Cup.