Matteo Brunori
Italian footballer (born 1994)
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Matteo Luigi Brunori (Italian pronunciation: [matˈtɛːo luˈiːdʒi bruˈnɔːri]; born Matteo Luigi Brunori Sandri on 1 November 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie B club Sampdoria, on loan from Palermo.
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Brunori in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Matteo Luigi Brunori | ||
| Birth name | Matteo Luigi Brunori Sandri[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 November 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Macaé, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Sampdoria (on loan from Palermo) | ||
| Number | 99 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –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 | 117 | (44) |
| 2026– | → Sampdoria (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2014–2015 | Italy U21 C[2] | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 08:25, 8 February 2026 (UTC) | |||
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]
On 3 January 2026, after having been increasingly put out of the starting lineup by head coach Filippo Inzaghi in favour of other options, Brunori was loaned out to fellow Serie B club Sampdoria until the end of the season.[28]
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.[29][30]
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.[31]
Career statistics
Club
| 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[35] | 1 | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| 2012–13 | Lega Pro D2 | 13 | 0 | 1[36] | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| Total | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| Reggiana | 2013–14 | Lega Pro D1 | 9 | 0 | 2[37] | 1 | — | 11 | 1 | |
| 2014–15 | Lega Pro | 3 | 0 | 1[38] | 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+[39] | 19 | 0[40] | — | 17+ | 19 | ||
| Messina | 2016–17 | Lega Pro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Petrignano | 2016–17 | Eccellenza | 16+[41] | 21 | 0[42] | — | 16+ | 21 | ||
| Villabiagio | 2017–18 | Serie D | 34 | 23 | 2[43] | 0 | — | 36 | 23 | |
| Arezzo (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie C | 36 | 13 | 2[44] | 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[45] | 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[46] | 0 | 8[b] | 4 | 47 | 29 |
| Palermo | 2022–23 | Serie B | 36 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 20 |
| 2023–24 | 37 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 17 | ||
| 2024–25 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 9 | ||
| 2025–26 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
| Total | 117 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 128 | 47 | ||
| Sampdoria (loan) | 2025–26 | Serie B | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Career total | 341+ | 146 | 30+ | 7 | 20 | 8 | 392+ | 161 | ||
Honours
Juventus U23
- Coppa Italia Serie C: 2019–20
