Italian football legend Andrea Pirlo is getting involved in a bid to help his boyhood club, Brescia, avoid bankruptcy. The team have had periods in the top flight but are now mired in mid-table in ...

From Baggio to Broke, From Pirlo to Panic - 114-Year Legacy Faces Oblivion originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Brescia Calcio, a 114-year-old Italian football titan, has crumbled into bankruptcy, ...

July 4 (Reuters) - Andrea Pirlo's hometown club Brescia, which featured some of the greats of the game such as Roberto Baggio, Gheorghe Hagi and Pep Guardiola, have been thrown out of Serie C after ...

Andrea Pirlo is to step in to help his first club Brescia avoid falling into further financial strife. The Juventus and Italy playmaker began his career with the Lombardy club, departing for Inter ...

The 19-year-old earned a call-up from the Azzurri while still playing in Serie B, so impressive were his performances for Brescia last season There are not many 18-year-olds who can claim to have ...

Sandro Tonali’s agent says the Brescia youngster shouldn’t be compared to Andrea Pirlo – “if we want to go over the top, at the same age he’s even stronger”. The 18-year-old has been linked with a ...

Season's first Champions League clash pits Juve against Dynamo Kyiv, whose veteran coach promoted Andrea Pirlo to the Brescia first team aged only 15 Andrea Pirlo was just 15 when Brescia’s coach ...

No player challenges our biases more in Italy than Sandro Tonali. “The hair’s to blame,” he would observe. It’s long, often needs a toss of the head to flick it out of his eyesight, and plays a major ...

A host of Serie A clubs have enquired about 17-year-old Sandro Tonali, according to the player's agent. Tonali, who currently plays in a defensive midfield role for Serie B side Brescia, has been ...

Andrea Pirlo was born in Flero, Italy on May 19, 1979. He started playing football as a Brescia youth team player in 1994 and it did not take too long for him to catch the eye of the Brescia coaches.