Emanuele and Antonio Filippini are the twins of Italian football. Both midfield players, they very often played together in their careers so it seemed apt to speak about them as a single unit.
Born in Brescia on July 3 1973, the twins began playing football first with Voluntas Brescia and then in 1990 with Brescia. They were then sent on loan to Ospitaletto in Serie C to gain experience. They stayed there for three years before going back to Brescia in 1995 in Serie B.
The twins gave a great contribution to Brescia’s promotions to Serie A in 1997 and again in 2000. Emanuele in 2002 was sold to Parma in Serie A where he stayed until January 2004 when he joined Palermo in Serie B. His brother, who had stayed with Brescia, joined him in Sicily.
In 2004-05 the twins were loaned to Lazio on the last day of the summer transfer window. They made a major contribution to Lazio’s campaign to stay in Serie A despite the financial difficulties and the downgrading compared to the Sergio Cragnotti years as far as quality players was concerned. They became great friends with Paolo Di Canio and Tommaso Rocchi and were fan favourites.
However Claudio Lotito was not interested in keeping them despite a great season and in 2005-06 they played with Treviso in the club’s first season in Serie A. The brothers separated a year later as Emanuele signed for Bologna in Serie B and Antonio went to Livorno in Serie A. They were only apart for a year. Emanuele joined his brother in Tuscany in 2007.
Emanuele quit football in 2009 once his contract with Livorno ended, Antonio two years later, playing one year with the Amaranto and his final year in his hometown of Brescia..
They both became managers. Emanuele followed the youth teams of Brescia (and also the Kenya under 21 for a few months) and a number of teams in the minor leagues before becoming assistant coach to Carmine Nunziata for the Italian Under 17 national team in 2018. In 2020 they were promoted to the Under 19 team, in 2022 to the Under 20's and in 2023 to the Under 21's. In 2024 he became assistant to Aimo Diana at Feralpisalò.
Antonio was also manager of Brescia youth teams before going to Feralpisalò again to train the under 19s. In 2015 he was appointed by Milan to follow the under 15s. He was then manager at Lumezzane, Trento and assistant coach at Livorno. He became head coach for the Tuscan side from March to June 2020. In March 2021 he was appointed manager at Pro Sesto in Serie C and managed to avoid relegation. He was confirmed for the 2021-22 season but fired after just four games. In 2023 he was appointed head coach of Genoa Women. He left after the end of the season.
Emanuele FIlippini played 32 games for Lazio (27 in Serie A, 2 in Coppa Italia and 3 in the UEFA Cup). Antonio wore the Lazio jersey 41 times (36 in Serie A, 2 in Coppa Italia and 3 in the UEFA Cup) and scored four goals (two in Serie A and two in Coppa Italia).
Lazio Career
Player | Total appearances (goals) 2004-05 | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA Cup |
Antonio Filippini | 42 (4) | 36 (2) | 2 (2) | 4 |
Emanuele Filippini | 32 | 27 | 2 | 3 |
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