Gennaro Bracigliano (born 1 March 1980) is a French former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Bracigliano was born in

Forbach Forbach ( , , ; gsw, Fuerboch) is a commune in the French department of Moselle, northeastern French region of Grand Est. It is located on the German border approximately 15 minutes from the center of Saarbrücken, Germany, with which it co ...

, Moselle. He started his career with Nancy, then he transferred to

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in 2011. On 13 March 2012, he came on as a substitute in his

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debut against

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in the stoppage time, after

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had been dismissed. Despite conceding a goal from a penalty by

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, 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. On 21 August 2014, Bracigliano was a third round pick in the Inaugural ISL International Draft, signing for

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. He joined the North East United FC as a goalkeeping coach and player for the second season of the

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Personal life

His uncle Vincent Bracigliano is a former international footballer. He played for

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and

FC Nantes Football Club de Nantes (; Gallo: ''Naunnt''), commonly referred to as FC Nantes or simply Nantes (), is a French professional football club based in Nantes in Pays de la Loire. The club was founded on 21 April 1943, during World War II, as a ...

Honours

Marseille *

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: 2011 * Coupe de la Ligue: 2011–12

References

External links

Career stats
at lfp.fr

at UEFA.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Bracigliano, Gennaro 1980 births Living people People from Forbach French sportspeople of Italian descent French people of Campanian descent Footballers from Moselle (department) French men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Indian Super League players AS Nancy Lorraine players Angers SCO players Louhans-Cuiseaux FC players Olympique de Marseille players Chennaiyin FC players French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in India Expatriate men's footballers in India