Alex Brunner

Alex Brunner (born 8 December 1973) is an Italian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently works as a goalkeeping coach.

Alex Brunner
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-12-08) 8 December 1973
Place of birth Trieste, Italy
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
000?–1993 Triestina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1993 Triestina 5 (0)
1993–1994 Formia 24 (0)
1994–1996 Foggia 39 (0)
1996–1999 Bologna 6 (0)
1999–2003 Como 125 (0)
2003–2004 Ternana 37 (0)
2004–2005 Salernitana 11 (0)
2005 → Cagliari (loan) 1 (0)
2005–2007 Lucchese 64 (0)
2007–2008 Sorrento 34 (0)
2008–2009 Juve Stabia 20 (0)
2009–2010 Itala San Marco 3 (0)
Total 369 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

Early career

Brunner started his career at hometown club Triestina. After the club were relegated to Series C1 in the summer of 1991, Brunner gained his place in first team, making 5 appearances for the club in two Series C1 seasons. In the summer of 1993, he moved to Formia of Series C2, where he first became a regular.

Foggia & Bologna

Brunner joined U.S. Foggia of Serie A in 1994, starting his career as a backup keeper for several Serie A clubs. In his first season with the team, he just made 2 appearances, as second goalkeeper behind Francesco Mancini, but after the club suffered relegation, he became regular once again. In summer 1996, Brunner joined newly promoted Serie A team Bologna. He spent 3 seasons at the Emilia-Romagna club, and made 6 appearances in Series A, as second goalkeeper behind Francesco Antonioli.

Como

He transferred to Como in June 1999,[1] where he spent 4 seasons. In his first season with the club, Como just finished 10th in Serie C1, but in the second and third seasons, he helped the team to obtain consecutive promotions to Serie B and subsequently Serie A, which was also aided by the signing of new club president Enrico Preziosi. In the 2002–03 Serie A season, he competed with experienced Fabrizio Ferron for a starting spot, but still made 21 appearances for Como.

Return to Series B

After Como finished bottom of the table and suffered relegation to Serie B, Brunner transferred to Ternana of Serie B, replacing Sergio Marcon and Gianmatteo Mareggini, who had finished their contract with the club.[2] Brunner played ahead of Tommaso Berni as the club's first choice keeper, and Ternana finished 7th that season.

Brunner left for Salernitana in July 2004,[3] where competed for a starting spot with former first choice keeper Domenico Botticella. In January 2005, he left for Cagliari of Serie A, as the club's second choice keeper (replacing the recently departed Fanis Katergiannakis)[4] behind Gennaro Iezzo and ahead of Luca Tomasig (who replaced the recently departed Davide Capello).

Return to Lega Pro

After the bankruptcy of Salernitana, Brunner returned to Serie C1 side Lucchese in 2005, on a free transfer,.[5] He was the club's first choice keeper ahead of Mathieu Moreau, Michele Tambellini and Paolo Castelli. In June 2007, he joined Sorrento of Serie C1.[6] In the next season, he left for Juve Stabia of Lega Pro Prima Divisione on a 2-year contract,[7] where he was the first choice until he was released in March and replaced by Salvatore Soviero.[8][9] In October 2009, he left for Itala San Marco of Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.[10] Brunner along with Marcon, served as the backup of young keeper Omar Tusini.

Coaching career

After Itala San Marco were expelled from professional league, Brunner returned to Como in the 2009–10 season as an assistant goalkeeping coach (Italian: preparatore dei portieri),[11] under Ottavio Strano, who was both the club's main goalkeeping coach (Italian: Allenatore portieri), and the team's head coach, along with Oscar Brevi. On 18 June, his contract was renewed for another year.[12]

Honours
Como

References
  1. Castelli, Davide (18 June 1999). "Como De Vecchi, grandi insieme". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  2. Malfitano, Mimmo; Sisinno, Giuseppe (13 June 2003). "Napoli da salvare". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  3. Valente, Enrico (2 July 2004). "Pokerissimo Preziosi". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  4. "In arrivo Brunner e Vignati". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). 28 January 2005. Archived from the original on 17 February 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  5. Giacomelli, Luca (23 August 2005). "UFFICIALE: Lucchese, Nicoletti confermato, Brunner firma". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  6. Sica, Stefano (27 June 2007). "UFFICIALE: Fragiello e Brunner sbarcano a Sorrento". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  7. Sica, Stefano (3 July 2008). "UFFICIALE: Sorrento, Brunner rescinde". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  8. Filippi, Clemente (11 March 2009). "Ufficiale: risoluzione contrattuale con Alex Brunner". SS Juve Stabia (in Italian). Archived from the original on 20 July 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  9. D'Ambrosio, Germano (11 March 2009). "UFFICIALE: Juve Stabia, rescissione per Brunner". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  10. Sica, Stefano (7 October 2010). "UFFICIALE: Itala San Marco, tesserato Brunner". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  11. "Alex Brunner preparatore dei portieri". Calcio Como (in Italian). 14 July 2010. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  12. "Alex Brunner rinnova". Calcio Como (in Italian). 18 June 2011. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
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