Brevi from 1995 to 2009 has played for Solbiatese, Lumezzane, Como, Palermo, Ascoli, Torino and Venezia.

On 20 October 2009 he was named, together with Ottavio Strano, to replace Stefano Di Chiara as Como new head coach, thus putting an end to his playing career.

[4] On 14 December 2020, Brevi returned into management as the new head coach of Serie C club Giana Erminio.

[6] He successively served as head coach of Serie C club Vis Pesaro from December 2022 to April 2023.

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