Luca Bucci

Luca Bucci ( born March 13, 1969 in Bologna ) is an Italian former football goalkeeper.

Career

In the club

Luca Bucci began his career in 1986 at AC Parma. A year later he was awarded to Pro Patria Calcio, shortly afterwards Rimini Calcio. Between 1988 and 1990 he played again at Parma. He then moved to Casertana. In 1992, it Reggiana under contract.

For the 1993/94 season Luca Bucci moved back to Parma, where he was immediately goalkeeper and coach Nevio Scala came under on August 29, 1993 as compared Udinese to his debut in Serie A. In the rest of the season he reached the final of the European Parma Cup Winners' Cup where they lost to the English side FC Arsenal 0-1. 1994/95 was Luca Bucci with AC Parma in the UEFA Cup, where the Emilian club with 1:0 and 1:1 prevailed against Italian giants Juventus final. In addition, in Serie A he succeeded with the Gialloblù place behind Juventus until then best finish in club history. In the 1996/97 season Bucci was the then 18 -year-old Gianluigi Buffon relegated to the substitutes' bench, which moved him to first hire to switch to AC Perugia and sign a contract with the sub-prime Torino Calcio 1998.

In Turin, Luca Bucci spent six years as goalkeeper and rose twice as winner of Serie B in Italy's top division on. In 2003 he moved to FC Empoli. A year later the goalkeeper returned to his old club AC Parma. He replaced the initially exchanged to Turin substitute keeper Gianluca Berti and was then again three years goalkeeper.

At the end of the season 2007/ 08, in the Emilian club relegated to the second division after 18 years of Serie A again, the FC Parma Bucci offered a place in the management of the association. He leaned from this, however, and chose instead still continue his active career. On February 6, 2009, wrote Luca Bucci, who was out of contract until then, a contract in the first division club SSC Napoli, which still urgently looking for a experienced replacement after injury his goalkeeper Gennaro Iezzo and Matteo Gianello. On April 19, 2009 debuted Bucci, now aged 40, in a 2-0 victory in the Serie A game against Cagliari Calcio for Partenopei. This was also his last competitive match as a professional, and shortly afterwards he made his career end known.

In the National Team

Luca Bucci graduated between 1994 and 1995 a total of three times by Italy. He made his debut on 21 December 1994 in a 3-1 win against Turkey. The goalkeeper was in Arrigo Sacchi's squad at the 1994 World Cup in the United States and the European Championship in England in 1996, did not come at both tournaments but used.

Achievements

  • Italian Serie B Championship: 1989 /90 ( with AC Parma ), 1992 /93 ( with the AC Reggiana ), 1998/99, 2000/ 01 ( with Torino Calcio )
  • UEFA Cup: 1994 /95 ( with AC Parma)
  • UEFA Super Cup: 1995 ( with AC Parma)
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