WA keeper Birighitti impresses in Italy
Perth-born goalkeeper Mark Birighitti has helped his Italian team AS Varese chalk up their first win for three months in only his second match.
The 24-year-old also ensured the bottom side in Italy’s second tier kept a clean sheet for the first time since the end of February with a 1-0 away win at Vitrus Entella on Wednesday night.
Birighitti joined Varese from Newcastle Jets in January on a six-month loan deal but only made his debut last Sunday in the 1-0 defeat to Vicenza, following an injury to regular keeper Filippo Perucchini.
The Socceroos international, a product of ECU Joondalup and Perth SC, can put himself in the shop window in Europe by playing in Varese’s final games of the season.
Varese are all but relegated from Serie B to Lega Pro - Italy’s third tier - with the club 12 points from safety and only four matches left.
