Matteo Brighi

Matteo Brighi (born February 14, 1981 in Rimini) is an Italy football (soccer) player, currently a midfielder for AS Roma of Italian Serie A. Brighi was named Serie A Young Footballer of the Year on 2002.

In 2002, 50% of the rights to Matteo Brighi were sold to Parma F.C. by Juventus F.C] as part of the deal which saw Marco Di Vaio head the other way. The transfer was worth around €5 million at the time. In 2004, Juventus bought back those rights for a reported €11.5 million and sold them to Roma as part of the deal for Emerson Ferreira da Rosa, worth 16 million Euro. However Brighi was then immediately sent on loan to A.C. ChievoVerona for three seasons. He is now back to play with AS Roma.

Brighi's only cap for Italy national football team was when he started the friendly match against Slovenia national football team in 2002.

His younger brother, Marco Brighi is also a professional footballer.

Teams and clubs

- 1997-2000: Rimini Calcio F.C. (Serie C/2)
- 2000-2001: Juventus F.C.
- 2001-2002: Bologna F.C. 1909 on loan from Juventus
- 2002-2003: Parma F.C. co-ownership with Juventus
- 2003-2004: Brescia Calcio on loan from Juventus and Parma
- 2004-present: A.S. Roma
- 2004-2007: A.C. ChievoVerona on loan from Roma
- Italy national under-21 football team
- - 2000 - 04
- - debut against Hungary national under-21 football team
- Italy national football team
- - 21 August 2002
- - debut against Slovenia national football team