Brescia Calcio Home Shirt 2012/13 – Ahmad Benali – N.17 – Player Issued – Givova – Serie B Championship

Ahmad Benali's Player Issued shirt: a rare Italian Serie B collectible

The first official Brescia Calcio home shirt for the 2012/2013 season in its Player Issued version is an authentic and extremely rare collectible in Italian football. Manufactured by Givova — the technical sponsor of "Le Rondinelle" that season — with the distinctive blue design featuring a white chevron and gold trim, this kit boasts the finishes and technical details exclusively reserved for the team's supply: match fabric, an internal label with the institutional "Rondinelle" inscription, an official Serie B bwin badge embroidered on the left sleeve, and a "Rispetto" patch applied on the right sleeve. The front features the main sponsor UBI Banco di Brescia, a long-standing club partner, alongside SAMA on the chest. The back is personalized with the name BENALI and the number 17, the shirt prepared for Ahmad Benali in his first season with "Le Rondinelle". Further enhancing the piece, the Brescia lion is watermarked tone-on-tone on the body of the shirt. This size M item is preserved in Excellent condition, with vivid colors and perfectly intact fabric.

The Player: Ahmad Benali

Ahmad Benali (Manchester, February 7, 1992) is a British midfielder of Libyan descent, endowed with great dynamism, refined technique, and the ability to make incisive runs. Having grown up in Manchester City's renowned youth academy, he signed his first professional contract with the Citizens in 2010 before moving to Italy in the summer of 2012, when Brescia Calcio signed him permanently on July 11. He made his debut with "Le Rondinelle" in the Coppa Italia on August 12, 2012, against Cremonese, and his Serie B debut on October 13 of the same year. In his first Italian season, Benali wore the number 17 and alternated between the roles of mezzala and central midfielder, contributing to Brescia's playoff chase. After a long career in Serie B with Crotone, Pescara, Palermo, and Pisa — where he distinguished himself for his technical quality and tactical intelligence — he returned to Brescia in the 2022/2023 season before moving to Bari, where he made over 80 appearances. The Brescia Calcio 2012/2013 number 17 shirt is the sporting document of the Italian beginnings of a long and successful career in Italian Serie B.

What is a Player Issued shirt?

A Player Issued shirt is a kit specifically prepared for a particular player but not necessarily worn in an official match. It differs from the commercial version due to a series of precise technical characteristics: professional finishes, player name and number personalization, match cut and materials, exclusive technical details reserved for the team supply. It is hierarchically superior to the store version and inferior only to the Match Worn. For collectors, it represents an authentic piece of extremely high historical and commercial value, often impossible to find on the market years after its production.

Authenticity and MTM Guarantee

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