Sergio Brighenti

Sergio Brighenti (born September 23, 1932 in Modena ) is a former Italian football player , he played on the position of the center forward .

The club career

Brighenti began his career in his hometown at the then Serie B club FC Modena , where he only played one game in his first season in 1949/50. But already in the following season Brighenti played in the regular formation of Modena. After two good seasons, Brighenti moved to Serie A at Inter Milan for the 1952/53 season . Here he won the Scudetto in the first season and in the 1953/54 season the Milanese were able to defend the title with Brighenti. In total, he played three seasons here, but without being able to fully prevail against competitors like Benito Lorenzi . Nevertheless, he was characterized by his regular goals.

For the 1955/56 season Brighenti then moved to US Triestina , in the first season of the league could be celebrated. However Triestina rose in the following season in the Serie B from. Therefore Brighenti switched to Padova Calcio , who were then trained by Nereo Rocco . Rocco's tactics, the catenaccio , were perfectly tailored to counter-attacker Brighenti. Therefore Padova classified in the season 1957/58 in the excellent third place. In the following season 1958/59 they finished seventh and 1959/60 they finished fifth at the end of the season.

For the 1960/61 season Brighenti moved to Sampdoria Genoa . Here he was in his first season with a total of 27 goals top scorer in the Serie A. Brighenti played two more seasons in Genoa, but did not score as many goals as in the 1960/61 season. Returned to the 1963-64 season Brighenti to his old club again FC Modena back who played in the Serie A had risen. Brighenti scored 10 goals for Modena, but the club was relegated to Serie B , whereupon Brighenti moved to AC Torino . Here he only played one game before Brighenti let his successful career end at the end of the 1964/65 season.

Seasons:

• 1949–50: FC Modena , Serie B 1 game
• 1950–51: FC Modena , Serie B
• 1951–52: FC Modena , Serie B
• 1952–53: Inter Milan , Serie A 4 games
• 1953–54: Inter Milan , Serie A 15 games
• 1954–55: Inter Milan , Serie A 21 games
• 1955–56: US Triestina , Serie A 30 games
• 1956–57: US Triestina , Serie A 24 games
• 1957–58: Padova Calcio , Serie A 28 games
• 1958–59: Padova Calcio , Serie A 33 games
• 1959–60: Padova Calcio , Serie A 30 games
• 1960–61: Sampdoria Genoa , Serie A 33 games - 27 goals
• 1961–62: Sampdoria Genoa , Serie A 32 games - 9 goals
• 1962–63: Sampdoria Genoa , Serie A 30 games - 7 goals
• 1963–64: FC Modena , Serie A 30 games - 10 goals
• 1964–65: AC Torino , Serie A 1 game - 0 goals

Total:

• Serie A 311 games - 136 goals
• Serie B 55 games - 20 goals

• A total of 366 games - 156 goals

The national player

During his time at Inter, Brighenti made the jump to the U-21 national team and shortly afterwards also to the A national team of Italy . On May 6, 1959, Brighenti, who was then playing for Padova Calcio , scored a goal for the current 1: 2 in the game against Bobby Charlton's England at the time-honored Wembley Stadium . The game ended 2-2 thanks to a goal from Mariani, another Padova player. Thanks to his excellent performance at Sampdoria Genoa, Brighenti was a regular for several games in the national team.

A national team:

• Debut:
• Farewell:

• Statistics: 9 games - 2 goals

U-21 national team:

• Statistics: 1 game - 2 goals

successes

• 2 × Italian champions with Inter Milan 1952/53 and 1953/54.
• 1 × top scorer in Italy in 1960/61 with 27 goals.