Riccardo Braschi

Riccardo Braschi
Personal information
Date of birth	24 August 2006
Place of birth	Florence, Italy
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position	Forward
Team information
Current team	Thun
Number	20
Youth career
	Fiorentina
Senior career*
Years	Team
2025–2026	Fiorentina
2026–	Thun
International career‡
2022	Italy U16
2022	Italy U17
2024	Italy U18
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 May 2026; ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 February 2024

Riccardo Braschi (born 24 August 2006) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss Super League club Thun.

Early life

Braschi was born on 10 November 2006 in Florence, Italy. Growing up, he regarded Argentina international Gabriel Batistuta as his football idol.^[1]

As a youth player, Braschi joined the youth academy of Serie A side Fiorentina. Ahead of the 2025–26 season, he was promoted to the club's senior team.^[2] At the start of the following season, he joined Swiss Super League club Thun on a permanent basis.

Braschi is an Italy youth international. On 14 February 2024, he debuted for the Italy national under-18 football team during a 1–0 home friendly win over the Slovakia national under-18 football team.

Braschi plays as a forward. Right-footed, he has received comparisons to Uruguay international Edinson Cavani.^[3]

As of match played 10 May 2026

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Coppa Italia		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Fiorentina	2025–26	Serie A	2	0	0	0	1^[a]	0	3	0
Career total			2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0

↑ "Chi è Braschi: l'esordio con la Fiorentina, le lacrime, i goal e l'esultanza alla Batistuta" [Who is Braschi: his debut with Fiorentina, the tears, the goals, and the Batistuta-style celebration] (in Italian). Goal. 13 March 2026. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
↑ Riccardo Braschi at WorldFootball.net
↑ "Fiorentina, chi è Riccardo Braschi: il bomber "alla Cavani" che trascina la Primavera e si emoziona al debutto in Conference League" [Fiorentina, who is Riccardo Braschi? The Cavani-style striker who inspired the Primavera and was thrilled to make his Conference League debut] (in Italian). Calciomercato.com. 12 March 2026. Retrieved 17 March 2026.