Loris Brogno (born 18 September 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a

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for Italian club Sangiuliano City.

Career

Brogno started his professional career with

Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.

and played his first official match in the Belgian Pro League on 23 March 2011, replacing Massimo Bruno after 57 minutes in a 0–3 loss to

Cercle Brugge Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging () is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges. Cercle have played in the Belgian Pro League since the 2003–04 season, having previously spent several years in the Belgian Second Divisio ...

. That year, Charleroi relegated to the

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and Brogno only seldom played any matches. As a result, he chose to move to newly promoted Oud-Heverlee Leuven during the 2011–12 winter transfer window, where his uncle

Toni Brogno Antonio ("Toni") Brogno (born 19 July 1973) is a retired Belgium, Belgian football (soccer), football Striker (association football), striker who was last on the books of R.O.C. de Charleroi-Marchienne, Olympic Charleroi. Before that he also pla ...

had also played before. As soon as OH Leuven was clear of relegation, Loris got some playing chances, scoring his first goal on 21 March 2012 in a 3–1 home win against Sint-Truiden. During the 2012–13 season, Brogno appeared in 8 matches for OH Leuven, but to allow the youngster to get more playing time, Brogno was loaned out to Lommel United for the following season. After this season his contract with OH Leuven ended, allowing him to move to

Mons Mons (; German and nl, Bergen, ; Walloon and pcd, Mont) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium. Mons was made into a fortified city by Count Baldwin IV of Hainaut in the 12th century. T ...

. He played one season for Mons but was allowed to leave at the end of the 2014–15 season as Mons went bankrupt and folded. He signed for

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top flight ...

on 8 June 2015. After three season in the Netherlands with Sparta, Brogno signed for Beerschot Wilrijk in May 2018. On 18 August 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Zira in Azerbaijan.

Honours

;Sparta Rotterdam * Eerste Divisie: 2015–16

Personal life

He is a son of

Dante Brogno Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: '' ...

and a nephew of

, both footballers.

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