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Matteo Brighi

Matteo Brighi

Midfield - Central Midfield  at Retired
Age45
CitizenshipItaly
Height1.78 m
Footright
BornFebruary 14, 1981
👕500+ Apps 🏴25+ Caps Veteran
Market value
Rating · 99/00 7.2 Strong
Central Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

12
clubs played for
00/01
debut season
0.07
goals / match
AS Roma
top club · 142 apps

Position rank · 99/00

#20
goals rank
#104
assists rank
43
season goals
18
season assists

Among 257 Midfield - Central Midfields · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€13.00m
peak value · 2009
€16.00m
top transfer fee · 04/05
8
best season · 99/00
47 / 2
int'l caps / goals
574Appearances
43Goals
18Assists
67Yellow cards
4Red cards
185Full matches (90′)
Full nameMatteo Brighi
Date of birth1981-02-14 (45 yrs)
Place of birthRimini, Italy
CitizenshipItaly
PositionMidfield - Central Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footright
Height178.00 m
Current clubRetired
Joined2019-07-01
Contract expires
Outfitteradidas
Jul 2019
Transfer: FC Empoli → Retired
19/20 · Transfer
Jul 2018
18/19 — FC Empoli
10 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2018
Transfer: Perugia → FC Empoli
17/18 · Transfer
Jul 2017
17/18 — AC Perugia Calcio, FC Empoli
28 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2016
Transfer: Bologna → Perugia
16/17 · Transfer
Jul 2016
16/17 — AC Perugia Calcio
40 matches · 3 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2015
Transfer: Sassuolo → Bologna
15/16 · Transfer
Jul 2015
15/16 — Bologna FC 1909
24 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — US Sassuolo
24 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Mar 2014
Injury: unknown
8 games missed
Feb 2014
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jan 2014
Transfer: Torino → Sassuolo
13/14 · Transfer
Oct 2013
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Aug 2013
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Jul 2013
Transfer: AS Roma → Torino
13/14 · Transfer
Jul 2013
13/14 — Torino FC, US Sassuolo
25 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2013
Transfer: Torino → AS Roma
12/13 · Return from loan
Mar 2013
Injury: unknown
9 games missed
Aug 2012
Transfer: AS Roma → Torino
12/13 · Loan
Jul 2012
12/13 — Torino FC
25 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2012
Transfer: Atalanta BC → AS Roma
11/12 · Return from loan
Mar 2012
Injury: unknown
15 games missed
Oct 2011
Injury: unknown
21 games missed
Aug 2011
Transfer: AS Roma → Atalanta BC
11/12 · Loan
Jul 2011
11/12 — AS Roma, Atalanta BC
12 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
May 2011
Injury: unknown
12 games missed
Jan 2011
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Nov 2010
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2010
10/11 — AS Roma
32 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Aug 2009
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2009
09/10 — AS Roma
33 matches · 5 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2008
08/09 — AS Roma
44 matches · 6 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2007
07/08 — AS Roma
32 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jun 2007
Transfer: Chievo Verona → AS Roma
06/07 · Return from loan
Jul 2006
06/07 — Chievo Verona
32 matches · 6 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2005
05/06 — Chievo Verona
26 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2004
Transfer: AS Roma → Chievo Verona
04/05 · Loan
Jul 2004
Transfer: Juventus → AS Roma
04/05 · Transfer · €16.00m
Jul 2004
04/05 — Chievo Verona
36 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2004
Transfer: Parma → Juventus
04/05 · Transfer · €11.50m
Jun 2004
Transfer: Brescia → AC Parma
03/04 · Return from loan
Jul 2003
03/04 — Brescia Calcio
31 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2003
Transfer: AC Parma → Brescia
03/04 · Loan
Aug 2002
Transfer: Juventus → AC Parma
02/03 · Transfer · €5.00m
Jul 2002
02/03 — AC Parma
25 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jun 2002
Transfer: Bologna → Juventus
01/02 · Return from loan
Jul 2001
01/02 — Bologna FC 1909
34 matches · 0 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2001
Transfer: Juventus → Bologna
01/02 · Loan
Jul 2000
00/01 — Juventus FC
12 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2000
Transfer: Rimini → Juventus
00/01 · Transfer · €350k
Jul 1999
99/00 — Rimini FC
37 matches · 8 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 1998
98/99 — Rimini FC
12 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 1998
Transfer: Rimini U19 → Rimini
98/99 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €13.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 201 other Midfield - Central Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 99/00. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals8 total · 1.13/90
95
Assists0 total · 0.00/90
0
G+A8 total · 1.13/90
92
Yellow cards0 total · 0.00/90
90
16,621 min
Minutes played by club
Rimini FC 8.1%
FC Empoli 4.7%
AC Perugia Calcio 11.0%
Bologna FC 1909 0.0%
US Sassuolo 0.0%
Torino FC 7.8%
AS Roma 22.3%
Atalanta BC 0.0%
Chievo Verona 25.0%
Brescia Calcio 13.6%
AC Parma 7.5%
Juventus FC 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Rimini FC 2 98/99 99/00 49 9 0 1,343
FC Empoli 2 17/18 18/19 24 2 0 776
AC Perugia Calcio 2 16/17 17/18 54 4 3 1,829
Bologna FC 1909 2 01/02 15/16 58 0 3 0
US Sassuolo 2 13/14 14/15 32 0 0 0
Torino FC 2 12/13 13/14 42 4 1 1,303
AS Roma 5 07/08 11/12 142 13 9 3,703
Atalanta BC 1 11/12 11/12 11 0 0 0
Chievo Verona 3 04/05 06/07 94 9 0 4,160
Brescia Calcio 1 03/04 03/04 31 1 1 2,264
AC Parma 1 02/03 02/03 25 1 1 1,243
Juventus FC 1 00/01 00/01 12 0 0 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

3€3.3M5€6.5M8€9.8M10€13M01/02 — 3 assists301/0202/03 — 1 goals (AC Parma)02/03 — 1 assists202/0303/04 — 1 goals (Brescia Calcio)03/04 — 1 assists203/0404/05 — 1 goals (Chievo Verona)104/0505/06 — 2 goals (Chievo Verona)205/0606/07 — 6 goals (Chievo Verona)606/0707/08 — 1 goals (AS Roma)07/08 — 1 assists207/0808/09 — 6 goals (AS Roma)08/09 — 4 assists1008/0909/10 — 5 goals (AS Roma)09/10 — 4 assists909/1010/11 — 1 goals (AS Roma)110/1111/1212/13 — 2 goals (Torino FC)12/13 — 1 assists312/1313/14 — 2 goals (Torino FC)213/1414/1515/1616/17 — 3 goals (AC Perugia Calcio)16/17 — 2 assists516/1717/18 — 2 goals (FC Empoli)17/18 — 1 assists317/1818/19 — 1 goals (FC Empoli)118/1998/99 — 1 goals (Rimini FC)198/9999/00 — 8 goals (Rimini FC)899/0004/05 — €10M05/06 — €6M06/07 — €4.5M07/08 — €6.5M08/09 — €5M09/10 — €13M10/11 — €9.5M11/12 — €8.5M12/13 — €4M13/14 — €2M14/15 — €1M15/16 — €500K16/17 — €400K17/18 — €400K18/19 — €300KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

00/01: 0000/0101/02: 0001/0202/03: 1102/0303/04: 1103/0404/05: 1104/0505/06: 2205/0606/07: 6606/0707/08: 1107/0808/09: 6608/0909/10: 5509/1010/11: 1110/1111/12: 0011/1212/13: 2212/1313/14: 2213/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 0015/1616/17: 3316/1717/18: 2217/1818/19: 1118/1998/99: 1198/9999/00: 8899/00

Assists by season

00/01: 0000/0101/02: 3301/0202/03: 1102/0303/04: 1103/0404/05: 0004/0505/06: 0005/0606/07: 0006/0707/08: 1107/0808/09: 4408/0909/10: 4409/1010/11: 0010/1111/12: 0011/1212/13: 1112/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 0015/1616/17: 2216/1717/18: 1117/1818/19: 0018/1998/99: 0098/9999/00: 0099/00
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
99/00 Play-off/out Lega Pro 2 Rimini FC 3 2 0 0 0 128
99/00 Serie C2 - B Rimini FC 34 6 0 0 0 507
98/99 Play-off/out Lega Pro 2 Rimini FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
98/99 Serie C2 - B Rimini FC 10 1 0 0 0 708
18/19 Italy Cup FC Empoli 0 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Serie A FC Empoli 10 1 0 1 0 224
17/18 Italy Cup AC Perugia Calcio 2 1 0 0 0 180
17/18 Serie B FC Empoli 14 1 0 0 0 552
17/18 Serie B AC Perugia Calcio 12 0 1 1 1 0
16/17 Italy Cup AC Perugia Calcio 2 1 0 0 0 180
16/17 Serie B AC Perugia Calcio 36 2 2 11 0 1,469
16/17 Serie B Play-off AC Perugia Calcio 2 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Italy Cup Bologna FC 1909 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Serie A Bologna FC 1909 23 0 0 3 0 0
14/15 Italy Cup US Sassuolo 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Serie A US Sassuolo 23 0 0 4 0 0
13/14 Italy Cup Torino FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Serie A US Sassuolo 8 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Serie A Torino FC 16 2 0 2 0 463
12/13 Italy Cup Torino FC 2 0 0 1 0 0
12/13 Serie A Torino FC 23 2 1 2 0 840
11/12 Europa League Qualifying AS Roma 1 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 Serie A Atalanta BC 11 0 0 2 0 0
10/11 Champions League AS Roma 5 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 Italy Cup AS Roma 2 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 Serie A AS Roma 25 1 0 4 0 1,273
10/11 Supercoppa Italiana AS Roma 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 Europa League AS Roma 4 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 Europa League Qualifying AS Roma 2 0 3 0 0 0
09/10 Italy Cup AS Roma 3 1 0 0 0 270
09/10 Serie A AS Roma 24 4 1 1 0 336
08/09 Champions League AS Roma 7 3 1 2 0 181
08/09 Italy Cup AS Roma 2 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Serie A AS Roma 35 3 3 2 0 964
08/09 Supercoppa Italiana AS Roma 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 Champions League AS Roma 2 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 Italy Cup AS Roma 5 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 Serie A AS Roma 24 1 1 2 0 679
07/08 Supercoppa Italiana AS Roma 1 0 0 0 0 0
06/07 Champions League Qu. Chievo Verona 1 0 0 1 0 0
06/07 Italy Cup Chievo Verona 1 0 0 0 0 0
06/07 Serie A Chievo Verona 28 6 0 2 1 362
06/07 UEFA Cup Chievo Verona 2 0 0 0 0 0
05/06 Serie A Chievo Verona 26 2 0 3 0 993
04/05 Italy Cup Chievo Verona 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/05 Serie A Chievo Verona 35 1 0 6 1 2,805
03/04 Italy Cup Brescia Calcio 2 0 0 0 0 0
03/04 Serie A Brescia Calcio 29 1 1 7 0 2,264
02/03 Italy Cup AC Parma 0 0 0 0 0 0
02/03 Serie A AC Parma 22 1 1 2 0 1,243
02/03 UEFA Cup AC Parma 3 0 0 0 0 0
01/02 Italy Cup Bologna FC 1909 2 0 0 0 0 0
01/02 Serie A Bologna FC 1909 32 0 3 7 1 0
00/01 Champions League Juventus FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
00/01 Italy Cup Juventus FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
00/01 Serie A Juventus FC 11 0 0 1 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
98/99 1998-07-01 Rimini U19 Rimini Transfer 0
00/01 2000-07-01 Rimini Juventus Transfer 0 €350k
01/02 2001-07-01 Juventus Bologna Loan 0
01/02 2002-06-30 Bologna Juventus Return from loan 0
02/03 2002-08-31 Juventus AC Parma Transfer 0 €5.00m
03/04 2003-07-01 AC Parma Brescia Loan 0
03/04 2004-06-30 Brescia AC Parma Return from loan 0
04/05 2004-07-01 Parma Juventus Transfer 0 €11.50m
04/05 2004-07-02 Juventus AS Roma Transfer 0 €16.00m
04/05 2004-07-03 AS Roma Chievo Verona Loan 0
06/07 2007-06-30 Chievo Verona AS Roma Return from loan 6500000
11/12 2011-08-31 AS Roma Atalanta BC Loan 6000000
11/12 2012-06-30 Atalanta BC AS Roma Return from loan 2500000
12/13 2012-08-11 AS Roma Torino Loan 2500000
12/13 2013-06-30 Torino AS Roma Return from loan 1600000
13/14 2013-07-08 AS Roma Torino Transfer 1600000
13/14 2014-01-30 Torino Sassuolo Transfer 1000000
15/16 2015-07-20 Sassuolo Bologna Transfer 400000
16/17 2016-07-15 Bologna Perugia Transfer 400000
17/18 2018-01-24 Perugia FC Empoli Transfer 350000
19/20 2019-07-01 FC Empoli Retired Transfer 200000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
09/10 muscular problems 2009-08-24 2009-08-31 8 2
10/11 Torn muscle fiber 2010-11-01 2010-11-06 6 1
10/11 muscular problems 2011-01-27 2011-02-05 10 2
10/11 unknown injury 2011-05-08 2011-06-08 32 12
11/12 muscular problems 2011-10-24 2012-01-14 83 21
11/12 Calf problems 2012-03-13 2012-05-20 69 15
12/13 Hamstring muscle injury 2013-03-23 2013-04-28 37 9
13/14 Adductor pain 2013-08-26 2013-09-06 12 4
13/14 Muscle injury 2013-10-21 2013-11-03 14 3
13/14 muscular problems 2014-02-19 2014-02-27 9 1
13/14 unknown injury 2014-03-20 2014-04-27 39 8
Current€200k
Peak€13.00m
Low
Δ since start−€7.30m
€3.25m€6.50m€9.75m€13.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.60m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €9.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €13.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €9.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.50m
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #21746 3 0 former national player
Team #21100 5 0 former national player
Team #11947 35 2 former national player
Team #3376 4 0 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Jérémy Ménez 2 2 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
99/00 Serie C2 - B Rimini FC 6 34
06/07 Serie A Chievo Verona 6 28
09/10 Serie A AS Roma 4 24

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
08/09 Serie A AS Roma 3 35
09/10 Europa League Qualifying AS Roma 3 2
01/02 Serie A Bologna FC 1909 3 32

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
12/13 2013-06-30 Torino AS Roma Return from loan €1.60m
12/13 2012-08-11 AS Roma Torino Loan €2.50m
11/12 2012-06-30 Atalanta BC AS Roma Return from loan €2.50m
11/12 2011-08-31 AS Roma Atalanta BC Loan €6.00m
06/07 2007-06-30 Chievo Verona AS Roma Return from loan €6.50m
04/05 2004-07-03 AS Roma Chievo Verona Loan
03/04 2004-06-30 Brescia AC Parma Return from loan
03/04 2003-07-01 AC Parma Brescia Loan
01/02 2002-06-30 Bologna Juventus Return from loan
01/02 2001-07-01 Juventus Bologna Loan

Teams faced most often by Matteo Brighi's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Sassuolo Calcio 24 13 8 3 38 22 +16 54%
Atalanta 24 4 9 11 26 37 -11 17%
Bologna FC 24 11 6 7 43 30 +13 46%
Genoa CFC 24 12 7 5 31 22 +9 50%
Inter 24 7 10 7 32 35 -3 29%
Sampdoria 24 9 7 8 35 32 +3 38%
Cagliari Calcio 24 14 6 4 38 23 +15 58%
AC Milan 24 5 9 10 30 38 -8 21%
Lazio Roma 24 9 7 8 31 35 -4 38%
Udinese Calcio 24 15 5 4 37 21 +16 63%
SSC Napoli 24 3 6 15 25 48 -23 13%
ACF Fiorentina 24 6 7 11 31 42 -11 25%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
00/01 Senior debut season
02/03 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
18/19 10 224 1 0 0 0.4
17/18 28 732 1 0 1 0.25
16/17 40 1,649 11 0 0 0.6
15/16 24 0 3 0 0 0
14/15 24 0 4 0 0 0
13/14 25 463 2 0 0 0.39
12/13 25 840 3 0 0 0.32
11/12 12 0 2 0 0 0
10/11 32 1,273 4 0 0 0.28
09/10 33 606 1 0 0 0.15
08/09 44 1,145 4 1 0 0.39
07/08 32 679 2 0 0 0.27
06/07 32 362 3 0 1 0.99
05/06 26 993 3 0 0 0.27
04/05 36 2,805 6 0 1 0.22
03/04 31 2,264 7 1 0 0.32
02/03 25 1,243 2 0 0 0.14
01/02 34 0 7 0 1 0
00/01 12 0 1 0 0 0

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Serie A
405 apps
25 G
11 A
Serie C2 - B
44 apps
7 G
0 A
Serie B
62 apps
3 G
3 A
Champions League
14 apps
3 G
1 A
Italy Cup
28 apps
3 G
0 A
Play-off/out Lega Pro 2
5 apps
2 G
0 A
Europa League Qualifying
3 apps
0 G
3 A
UEFA Cup
5 apps
0 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Matteo Brighi

Who is Matteo Brighi?

Matteo Brighi is an Italy professional footballer who plays as a central midfield for Retired.

How old is Matteo Brighi?

Matteo Brighi is 45 years old. He was born on February 14, 1981 in Rimini.

What position does Matteo Brighi play?

Matteo Brighi plays as a central midfield (Midfield - Central Midfield).

What club does Matteo Brighi play for?

Matteo Brighi currently plays for Retired.

How many career goals has Matteo Brighi scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Matteo Brighi has scored 43 goals in 574 appearances.