| Fabrizio Brignani | |
| Birth Date: | 13 January 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Asola, Italy |
| Height: | 1.82 m |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Currentclub: | Mantova |
| Clubnumber: | 13 |
| Youthyears1: | –2017 |
| Youthclubs1: | Cremonese |
| Youthyears2: | 2016–2017 |
| Youthclubs2: | → Bologna (loan) |
| Youthyears3: | 2017–2018 |
| Youthclubs3: | Bologna |
| Years1: | 2017–2021 |
| Clubs1: | Bologna |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs2: | → Pisa (loan) |
| Caps2: | 21 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs3: | → Cesena (loan) |
| Caps3: | 19 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs4: | → Vis Pesaro (loan) |
| Caps4: | 31 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs5: | Olbia |
| Caps5: | 67 |
| Goals5: | 4 |
| Years6: | 2023– |
| Clubs6: | Mantova |
| Caps6: | 45 |
| Goals6: | 7 |
| Pcupdate: | 13:45, 27 November 2024 (UTC) |
Fabrizio Brignani (born 13 January 1998) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Mantova.
Born in Asola, Brignani was a youth exponent of Bologna.
On 6 August 2019, Brignani was signed by Serie C side Pisa on a season-long loan deal.[1] On 12 August he made his competitive debut for Pisa in a 1–0 away win against Parma in the third round of Coppa Italia.[2] On 7 October he made his professional debut in Serie C for the club in a 0–0 home draw against Alessandria, he played the entire match.[3] On 30 December he was sent-off with a double yellow card in the 87th minute of a 0–0 away draw against Cuneo.[4] On 16 March 2019, Brignani scored his first professional goal in the 39th minute of a 1–0 away win over Olbia.[5] Brignani ended his loan to Pisa with 24 appearances and 1 goal.[6]
On 12 July 2019, Brignani was loaned to newly promoted Serie C club Cesena on a season-long loan deal.[7] Six weeks later, on 25 August, Brignani made his league debut for Cesena in a 4–1 away defeat against Carpi, he was replaced by Luca Ricci in the 46th minute.[8] One week later, on 2 September, he played his first entire match for the club, a 2–1 home defeat against Vis Pesaro.[9] He became Cesena's first-choice early in the season. Brignani ended his season-long loan to Cesena with 19 appearances, including 15 as a starter, remaining an unused substitute for 11 other matches.
On 7 September 2020, Brignani was signed by Serie C club Vis Pesaro on season-long loan.[10] Three weeks later, on 26 September, he made his debut for the club in a 2–2 home draw against Legnago Salus.[11] He became Vis Pesaro's first-choice early in the season. Brignani ended his season-long loan to Vis Pesaro with 31 appearances, including 21 of them as a starter, remaining an unused substitute only 7 times in the entire championship.
On 21 August 2021, he moved to Olbia on a permanent basis and signed a two-year contract.[12]
On 17 July 2023, Brignani signed a two-year contract with Mantova.[13]
| Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Pisa (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie C | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[14] | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| Cesena (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie C | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | |||
| Vis Pesaro (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie C | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | |||
| Olbia | 2021–22 | Serie C | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 97 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 100 | 3 | ||||