Franco Brienza
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 19 March 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Cantù, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward, Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Bari | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1994 | Campagnano | ||
| 1994–1995 | Isolotto | ||
| 1995–1996 | Imolese | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1996 | Imolese | 2 | (0) |
| 1997–2000 | Foggia | 59 | (8) |
| 2000–2008 | Palermo | 168 | (17) |
| 2002–2003 | → Ascoli (loan) | 30 | (7) |
| 2004 | → Perugia (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2008–2010 | Reggina | 81 | (23) |
| 2010–2012 | Siena | 65 | (11) |
| 2012–2013 | Palermo | 14 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Atalanta | 23 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Cesena | 30 | (8) |
| 2015–2016 | Bologna | 29 | (3) |
| 2016– | Bari | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2005 | Italy | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 March 2016. |
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Franco Brienza (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfraŋko briˈɛntsa]; born 19 March 1979) is an Italian footballer who plays for Bari in Serie B and also briefly represented Italy at international level. A diminutive and creative playmaker, who is known for his technique as well as his striking and passing ability with his left foot, he usually plays as a forward or as an attacking midfielder, known as the Trequartista position in Italy, although he is also capable of playing as a second striker, as a central midfielder, or as a right winger, a position which allows him to cut into the middle onto his stronger foot.
Born in Cantù but grown in Ischia, he began his footballing career with local club Campagnano, before moving to Florence at the age of 15 to play for Isolotto. In 1997–98 he joined Serie B club Foggia and stayed when the team relegated to Serie C1 in 1998 and to Serie C2 in 1999.
In 2000 he was signed by A.S. Roma along with team-mates Attilio Nicodemo and Giuseppe Di Masi, which cost Roma 100 million Italian lire for Brienza (€51,646). Roma loaned out Brienza and Nicodemo along with Roma youth products Daniele De Vezze and Luca Ferri to sister club Palermo, which Roma president Franco Sensi had acquired in March 2000. Brienza helped his club to win the league and achieve promotion to Serie B in 2001.
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