Gennaro Bracigliano

Gennaro Bracigliano (born 1 March 1980) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Gennaro Bracigliano
Bracigliano with Marseille in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-03-01) 1 March 1980
Place of birth Forbach, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Nancy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2011 Nancy 198 (0)
2001–2002 → Louhans-Cuiseaux (loan) 32 (0)
2002–2003 → Angers (loan) 35 (0)
2011–2014 Marseille 0 (0)
2014–2015 Chennaiyin 9 (0)
2015 NorthEast United 2 (0)
Total 276 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Bracigliano was born in Forbach, Moselle. He started his career with Nancy, then he transferred to Marseille in 2011. On 13 March 2012, he came on as a substitute in his UEFA Champions League debut against Inter Milan in the stoppage time, after Steve Mandanda had been dismissed. Despite conceding a goal from a penalty by Giampaolo Pazzini, he made several crucial saves which made Marseille qualify to the quarter-finals of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League on away goals rule, after drawing 2–2 on aggregate.[1]

On 21 August 2014, Bracigliano was a third round pick in the Inaugural ISL International Draft, signing for Chennai. He joined the North East United FC as a goalkeeping coach and player for the second season of the Indian Super League.[2]

Personal life

His uncle Vincent Bracigliano is a former international footballer. He played for FC Metz and FC Nantes.

Honours

Marseille

References
  1. "Champions League debuts to remember". UEFA. 16 September 2013.
  2. "ISL Draft: Kerala Blasters snap up Michael Chopra, Team Chennai sign Bernard Mendy". firstpost.com. firstpost.com. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  3. "Résultat et résumé Lille - Marseille, Trophée des Champions, Trophée des Champions, Mercredi 27 Juillet 2011". lequipe.fr. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  4. "CdL - Lyon - Marseille, les clés du match". goal.com. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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