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| Full name | Massimo Brambilla | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1973-03-04)4 March 1973 (age 52) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Vimercate, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Juventus Next Gen (head coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1994 | Monza | 102 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Reggiana | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Parma | 35 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Bologna | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–2002 | Torino | 97 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Siena | 34 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Cagliari | 56 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Mantova | 64 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Monza | 24 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Pergocrema | 49 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 501 | (6) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1996 | Italy U21 | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Italy U23 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Juventus Next Gen | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Foggia | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Juventus Next Gen | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Juventus (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Massimo Brambilla (born 4 March 1973) is an Italian professionalfootball coach and former player who played as anattacking midfielder. He is currently head coach ofSerie C Group B clubJuventus Next Gen.
Brambilla grew up in the football youth academy ofMonza, and he was promoted to the first team for the 1990–91 season, taking part in theSerie C1 championship that season, and conqueringSerie B promotion the year after. He stayed atMonza for two and a half more seasons, two of which were in Serie B, and a half season inC1, when in January 1995, he was acquired byReggiana (then inSerie A), deciding to leave his hometown club, in order to play football in the top Italian division.[1][2]
WithReggiana, Brambilla played half of the1994–95 Serie A season, as the team was relegated to the lower divisions, and he was subsequently purchased byParma. In the1995–96 Serie A season, he made 26 league appearances, and in the next season, he initially remained atParma, but in January, after having spent much time on the bench, and only making nine appearances, he was purchased outright by Serie A newcomersBologna, with whom he played an excellent second half of season, collecting 14 appearances, and managing a 7th-place finish inSerie A.[1][2]
In the summer of 1997, Italian starRoberto Baggio transferred toBologna, and Brambilla remained somewhat on the sidelines, collecting only two full appearances during the start of the1997–98 Serie A season. In October, he moved to aTorino side that had strong ambitions to obtain promotion toSerie A, and in his first season with the club, Brambilla made 26 appearances, scoring two goals. On the final matchday of the Serie B championship, however, he suffered a serious accident which also affected him the following season, as he only took part in the club's last 11 fixtures of the1998–99 Serie B season, but still contributing to help Torino obtain Serie A promotion after three years in Serie B.[1][2]
Thefollowing season, he obtained 28 appearances in the top flight, failing, however, to avoid the immediate relegation of his team to Serie B. The following year, the team was entrusted toLuigi Simoni, who often left the midfielder on the bench, only using him in the final minutes of matches. The team struggled to take off, and Simoni's position was increasingly at risk, resulting in his dismissal. The team was subsequently entrusted to Camolese, who made Brambilla a key member of the starting line-up, as Torino won the2000–01 Serie B title, also obtainingSerie A promotion once again.[1][2]
The following year, despite wearing thenumber-10 shirt, his relationship with Camolese deteriorates, and he is not played with continuity throughout the2001–02 Serie A season, only making 8 appearances, although he still contributed to helping the club avoid relegation, and achieve a2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup spot. At the end of the season, he joined an ambitiousSiena side inSerie B, as the Tuscan club won a historic first promotion toSerie A thatseason.[1][2]
Despite his fine season, he was later sold toCagliari inSerie B, collecting 40 appearances in his first season with the club, helpingCagliari to obtain Serie A promotion for the first time in 4 years. Thenext season began way and saw Brambilla in excellent form, as he was deployed regularly under manager Arrigoni, but from January, he was used less frequently, collecting a total of only 17 appearances in Serie A that season. His final match in Serie A coincided with that of club legendGianfranco Zola, in a 4–2 loss toJuventus.[1][2]
At the end of the season, he decided to move closer to home by accepting a contract from the newly promotedMantua side inSerie B, a club with lofty ambitions. Although the club was expected to aim for a mid-table finish, they surprised everyone by remaining at the top of the table until the Christmas break. The team subsequently suffered poor results, but before the end of the championship, the team managed to improve and obtain a place in the playoffs, although they were defeated in the final against Torino, missing the opportunity to obtain a Serie A promotion. Brambilla's last season withMantova was rather mixed, as he collected 25 appearances but failed to achieve a play-off spot due to the 10-point difference between the third and fourth-placed sides.[1][2]
In June 2007, his contract expired withMantua, and on 9 July 2007, he signed a contract to return to end his career with his first club,Monza, in Serie C1.[1][2]
The following summer, Brambilla signed a contract with Serie C sidePergocrema, spending four seasons with the club before retiring at the end of the2011–12 Serie C1 season.[3]
Although he was never capped at senior level, Brambilla played for theItaly Under-21 national football team on 17 occasions between 1993 and 1996, under managerCesare Maldini. He was notably a member of the squad which won the1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, and he also took part in theOlympic Games inAtlanta, making two appearances.[4]
In 2011, he obtained a UEFA A coaching license, which made him eligible to coachLega Pro teams or below. In the 2010–11 season he was the coach of theGiovanissiminational under-16 team of Pergocrema.[5] FollowingValter Bonacina's departure asAtalantaPrimavera coach, Brambilla was appointed his successor to the job. Prior to his appointment as under-19 coach, Brambilla had served as Atalanta'sAllievi (under-17 coach).[6]
After seven years as coach in Atalanta's youth sector, on 28 June 2022, Brambilla was appointed head coach ofJuventus Next Gen, the reserve team of Juventus playing in the Serie C.[7]
After two seasons, in June 2024, Brambilla departed from Juventus Next Gen to accept a coaching offer from fellow Serie C clubFoggia.[8][9] However, his experience at Foggia turned out to be short-lived, as he was dismissed on 25 September 2024 following a negative start to the new season.[10] On 12 November 2024, Brambilla returned to Juventus Next Gen, replacing outgoing managerPaolo Montero.[11]
On 27 October 2025, Brambilla was appointed as interim coach forJuventus, following the sacking ofIgor Tudor.[12]
Both Brambilla and his son Alessio, who plays football professionally as a midfielder forAC Bra on loan fromCremonese, are not related to the family of lateFormula One racing driverVittorio Brambilla.
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref. | ||||
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| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Juventus Next Gen | 28 June 2022 | 30 June 2024 | 78 | 30 | 18 | 30 | 038.46 | [13] |
| Total | 78 | 30 | 18 | 30 | 038.46 | — | ||
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Italy U21
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