Matteo Brunori
Brunori in 2023
Personal information
Full name Matteo Luigi Brunori
Birth name Matteo Luigi Brunori Sandri[1]
Date of birth (1994-11-01) 1 November 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Macaé, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Palermo
Number 9
Youth career
0000–2012 Foligno
2012 → Reggina (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Foligno 23 (0)
2013–2015 Reggiana 12 (0)
2015 Pro Patria 5 (0)
2015–2016 Petrignano (19)
2016 Messina 0 (0)
2016–2017 Petrignano (21)
2017–2018 Villabiagio 34 (23)
2018–2020 Parma 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Arezzo (loan) 36 (13)
2019–2020 → Pescara (loan) 10 (0)
2020 Pescara 0 (0)
2020 Juventus U23 4 (1)
2020–2022 Juventus 0 (0)
2020–2021 → Entella (loan) 31 (3)
2021–2022 → Palermo (loan) 36 (25)
2022– Palermo 52 (23)
International career
2014–2015 Italy U21 C[2] 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:56, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Matteo Luigi Brunori (Italian pronunciation: [matˈtɛːo luˈiːdʒi bruˈnɔːri]; born Matteo Luigi Brunori Sandri on 1 November 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains Serie B club Palermo.

Club career

Early years

Brunori made his Serie C debut for Foligno on 5 June 2011, in a game against Ternana.[3]

On 1 August 2019, he joined Pescara on loan from Parma with an obligation to buy.[4]

On 24 January 2020, Pescara bought out his rights early and immediately re-sold him to Juventus U23.[5]

On 24 August 2020, he became a new Entella player on loan with an option to buy.[6]

Palermo

On 9 August 2021, he joined Palermo on loan.[7] He made his debut with rosanero in a Coppa Italia Serie C game on 21 August 2021, which Palermo won 4–1 against Picerno.[8] On 26 September, Brunori scored his first goal in a 1–1 away draw against Monterosi Tuscia.[9] On 6 February 2022, he scored both of Palermo's goals in a 2–2 away against Campobasso, which allowed him to break the 10-goal barrier.[10][11]

Brunori scored another brace in the following home match, which Palermo won 3–1 against Juve Stabia.[12] With his goal against Turris, he surpassed his personal-best tally of 13 goals,[13] which he had reached in the 2018–2019 season with Arezzo,[14] and surpassed Lorenzo Lucca as top scorer of Palermo in Serie C.[15][14] On 6 March, he scoring a goal in a win against Vibonese, reaching Şükrü Gülesin as player with more consecutive goals scored for Palermo (7).[16] Brunori broke the record in the next match against Avellino.[17]

On 24 April, in the last league match against Bari, Brunori scored one of the two goals that allowed Palermo to qualify for the play-offs.[18] The following 10 June, he won the "Trofeo Facco" for the best goal of 2021–22 Serie C.[19]

In the play-offs, Brunori contributed to the final promotion of Palermo, scoring four goals in 8 games, against Virtus Entella,[20] Feralpisalò (2 goals)[21][22] and Padova, in the final.[23]

On 17 July 2022, a couple of weeks after the end of the loan deal, Palermo announced to have permanently signed Brunori from Juventus, agreeing on a four-year contract with the striker.[24][25] On his debut as a permanent Palermo player, Brunori scored his first hat-trick with a Rosanero jersey in a 3–2 Coppa Italia home win against Reggiana.[26] On 6 June 2023, after captaining Palermo and scoring 17 goals on his first Serie B season with the Sicilians, Brunori signed a contract extension until 30 June 2027.[27]

International career

On 15 December 2022, Brunori was called up by Italy national team manager Roberto Mancini as part of the 69-player squad of "players of national interest" for a stage in Coverciano to be held from 20 to 22 December.[28][29]

Personal life

Born in Brazil to Italian parents, Brunori moved back to Assisi with his family at one year of age.[1] He was raised by his mother alone, and later changed his full surname from "Brunori Sandri" to just "Brunori", choosing to keep only his mother's one.[1]

On 11 June 2022, just two days before Palermo's promotion playoff final against Padova, Brunori married his long-time partner Dalila at the Castello di Naro, in the city of Cagli; the marriage was originally scheduled to be held in 2020 but was then postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.[30]

Career statistics

Club

As of 10 December 2023[31][32][33]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Coppa Italia Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Foligno 2010–11 Lega Pro D1 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 1 0
2011–12 Lega Pro D1 10 0 3[34] 1 — 13 1
2012–13 Lega Pro D2 13 0 1[35] 0 — 14 0
Total 23 0 4 1 1 0 28 1
Reggiana 2013–14 Lega Pro D1 9 0 2[36] 1 — 11 1
2014–15 Lega Pro 3 0 1[37] 0 — 4 0
Total 12 0 3 1 0 0 15 1
Pro Patria 2014–15 Lega Pro 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Petrignano 2015–16 Eccellenza 17+[38] 19 0[39] — 17+ 19
Messina 2016–17 Lega Pro 0 0 1 0 — 1 0
Petrignano 2016–17 Eccellenza 16+[40] 21 0[41] — 16+ 21
Villabiagio 2017–18 Serie D 34 23 2[42] 0 — 36 23
Arezzo (loan) 2018–19 Serie C 36 13 2[43] 0 5[b] 4 43 17
Pescara (loan) 2019–20 Serie B 10 0 2 0 — 12 0
Juventus U23 2019–20 Serie C 4 1 3[44] 1 2[b] 0 9 2
Virtus Entella (loan) 2020–21 Serie B 31 3 3 1 — 34 4
Palermo (loan) 2021–22 Serie C 36 25 3[45] 0 8[b] 4 47 29
Palermo 2022–23 Serie B 36 17 2 3 0 0 38 20
2023–24 16 6 1 0 0 0 17 6
Total 88 48 6 3 8 4 102 55
Career total 271+ 124 26+ 7 16 8 314+ 139
  1. ^ All appearance(s) in relegation play-outs.
  2. ^ a b c All appearance(s) in promotion play-offs.

Honours

Juventus U23

References

  1. ^ a b c "Matteo Brunori: "In rosanero mi gioco tutto in B, farò vedere chi sono"" (in Italian). La Repubblica - Palermo. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  2. ^ Lega Pro (in Italian)
  3. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway.
  4. ^ "Brugman saluta i #BiancAzzurri. Benvenuto Brunori" (Press release) (in Italian). Pescara. 1 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Scambio Brunori – Masciangelo con la Juventus F.C." (Press release) (in Italian). Pescara. 24 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Brunori è biancoceleste! Benvenuto Matteo" (Press release) (in Italian). Entella. 24 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Brunori è rosanero" (Press release) (in Italian). Palermo. 9 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Per l'AZ Picerno esordio stagionale al "Barbera" contro il Palermo per la Coppa Italia" (in Italian). AZ Picerno. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Monterosi-Palermo 0-1: Brunori rompe il digiuno e firma il gol del vantaggio" (in Italian). 26 September 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  10. ^ Lorenzo Cascio (7 February 2022). "Brunori in doppia cifra con il Palermo: l'italo-brasiliano può superare i gol di Lucca" (in Italian). Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Palermo, Dal Canto su Brunori: "Può superare i 17 gol, non ha problemi di modulo"" (in Italian). 8 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  12. ^ Andrea Murgia (12 February 2022). "Il Palermo batte la Juve Stabia 3-1: doppietta di Brunori" (in Italian). Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  13. ^ Manuel Nasca (20 February 2022). "Palermo-Turris 5-0: a "casa" è sempre uno spettacolo, Brunori da record. Rosa quarti" (in Italian). Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  14. ^ a b Mediagol staff (17 February 2022). "Palermo, Brunori fa 13: l'italo-brasiliano da record nel giorno peggiore per i rosanero". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  15. ^ Andrea Murgia (15 February 2022). "Il Palermo travolto dal Foggia di Zeman 4-1". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  16. ^ Claudia Marrone (6 March 2022). "Palermo, Brunori scrive la storia: eguagliato il record di gol consecutivi di Sukru Gulesin" (in Italian). Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  17. ^ Claudia Marrone (14 March 2022). "Brunori ha scritto la storia del Palermo: superato il record di gol in gare consecutive di Sukru" (in Italian). Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  18. ^ "Matteo Brunori, una stagione da record: è lui il capocannoniere della Serie C" (in Italian). 25 April 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  19. ^ "IL TROFEO FACCO 2022 A MATTEO BRUNORI" (in Italian). 10 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  20. ^ "Virtus Entella-Palermo 1-2, acuto rosanero a Chiavari: l'analisi di Baldini e Brunori" (in Italian). 18 May 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  21. ^ "Feralpisalò-Palermo 0-3, vittoria rosanero nella semifinale playoff di Serie C" (in Italian). 18 May 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  22. ^ "Palermo Feralpisalò 1-0: Brunori firma il successo e i rosa volano in finale playoff" (in Italian). 30 May 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  23. ^ "Playoff Serie C, il Palermo supera il Padova e torna in Serie B" (in Italian). 12 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  24. ^ "MATTEO BRUNORI È UN GIOCATORE DEL PALERMO" (in Italian). Palermo F.C. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  25. ^ "OFFICIAL | MATTEO BRUNORI JOINS PALERMO". Juventus F.C. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  26. ^ "Palermo-Reggiana 3-2, Barbera ai piedi di Brunori. Tripletta del bomber che vale il Torino in Coppa" (in Italian). Resto del Calcio. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  27. ^ "CONTRACT EXTENSION FOR BRUNORI". Palermo F.C. 6 June 2023.
  28. ^ "Stage a Coverciano dal 20 al 22 dicembre, convocati due gruppi di calciatori di interesse nazionale" (in Italian). 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  29. ^ "BRUNORI CONVOCATO DA MANCINI PER LO STAGE DELLA NAZIONALE ITALIANA" (in Italian). 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  30. ^ "Brunori, fuga per il... matrimonio. Si sposa 2 giorni prima di Palermo-Padova". La Gazzetta dello Sport. 11 June 2022.
  31. ^ Matteo Brunori at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  32. ^ Matteo Brunori at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
  33. ^ "Scheda anagrafica di Matteo Luigi Brunori Sandri". aic.football (in Italian).
  34. ^ Coppa Italia Lega Pro. [1][2][3]
  35. ^ Coppa Italia Lega Pro. [4]
  36. ^ Coppa Italia Lega Pro. [5][6]
  37. ^ Coppa Italia Lega Pro. [7]
  38. ^ http://www.eccellenzacalcio.it/news/leggi/4872
  39. ^ Coppa Italia Dilettanti Umbria. [8]
  40. ^ "UMBRIA - AUTOGOAL - Un calcio... Al calcio". 21 August 2016.
  41. ^ Coppa Italia Dilettanti Umbria. [9]
  42. ^ Coppa Italia Serie D. [10][11]
  43. ^ Coppa Italia Serie C. [12][13]
  44. ^ Coppa Italia Serie C. [14][15][16]
  45. ^ Coppa Italia Serie C. [17][18][19]

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