Vince Briganti

Vince Briganti

Personal information
Full name	Vincenzo Briganti
Date of birth	5 January 1947
Place of birth	Terni, Italy
Youth career
1961–1972	KFC Winterslag
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1972–1976	KFC Winterslag[1]
1977–1978	White Star Beverst (player-trainer)[2]
Teams managed
1977–1978	White Star Beverst (player-trainer)[2]
1978–1979	KFC Winterslag
1981–1982	KFC Winterslag
?–?	K.S.C. Hasselt
?–?	Bilzen VV
1987–1988	KFC Winterslag
1989–1990	KFC Zwarte Leeuw
1990–1991	K. Stade Leuven
1991–1996	KRC Genk (youth coordinator)
1999–2002	Belgium (assistant trainer)
2004–2006	Sint-Truidense V.V. (assistant trainer)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Vincenzo "Vince" Briganti (born 5 January 1947) is an Italo-Belgian former football player and manager.

Personal life

Four years after his birth in Terni, Italy,^[1] Vince Briganti's father moved to Belgium to find work in the mining area. One year later also the rest of the family moved to Genk.^[3]

Briganti is married and became father of two sons, Fabrizio and Lorenzo.^[2]

Career

In the 1970s Briganti played for third tier team KFC Winterslag. In that period Robert Waseige was trainer of the club from Belgian Limburg. In a couple of years, the club promoted from Third to First Division.

Afterwards he achieved a trainer's certificate and became Waseige's assistant trainer at Winterslag. Later hij also became head coach of the club multiple times, often after another trainer was fired. After a couple of years at Winterslag Briganti trained the first teams of the clubs KSC Hasselt, Bilzerse VV, KFC Zwarte Leeuw and K. Stade Leuven.

After a short career as trainer Briganti became football teacher at Bloso. He combined that function with scouting tasks for Waseige, who assigned him as his assistant for the Belgian national football team. In 2001, he even became the factual trainer of the Belgian Red Devils for a friendly match against Czech Republic (a 1–1 draw) as stand-in for Waseige who underwent heart surgery; he trained the outfield players while Jacky Munaron trained the goalkeepers.^[4] With Briganti as assistant trainer, Belgium reached the second stage at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Later, he also became Marc Wilmots's assistant for a short time with Sint-Truidense V.V..

References

1. "Vincenzo Briganti" (in German). weltfussball.de. Retrieved 22 Jun 2015.
2. "Sa carte de visite...". La Dernière Heure (in French). 24 Apr 2001. Retrieved 22 Jun 2015.
3. Jaak Vandyck (22 Feb 2000). "Assistent bondscoach Vince Briganti heeft roots in hoofdstad van maffia". Gazet Van Antwerpen (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 Jun 2015.
4. Hassanin Mubarak (7 Aug 2003). RSSSF archive of coaches 1904– "Belgium National Team Coaches" Check |url= value (help). RSSSF. Retrieved 14 Sep 2013.