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Cristian Bucchi
Cristian Bucchi (born 30 May 1977) is an Italian football manager and former player who is the head coach of Serie C Group B club Arezzo. A forward, he was best known for his goal-scoring ability in Serie B during the peak of his career.
Bucchi started his career with the Serie D outfit Sambenedettese in 1995 as an 18-year-old. He made 28 appearances in his first proper season, although he scored no goals.
The Serie D outfit released him at the end of the season, and he decided to drop down two divisions to the amateur regional leagues (Promozione Marche). From 1996 to 1998, he enjoyed a fine couple of years where he collected a brilliant 52 goals in 58 games for Settempeda. The club also promoted to 1997–98 Eccellenza Marche. The 21-year-old's promising talent did not go unnoticed, and it showed as Serie A outfit Perugia took a very big gamble, in some respects, on a non-league striker. Soon after that, in a massive change of fortunes for the young forward, he was called up to the Italy U21s.
After his big move to Serie A, he started straight away in his first season for the club, as Perugia finished mid-table in the 1998–99 season. He contributed five league goals, and it was a surprise that he adapted so quickly, considering he had been playing amateur football for little over a year. His second season did not go as well as his first.
He played the 1999–2000 season on loan to Vicenza, scoring eleven league goals that helped his team win the Serie B title. However, they returned to Serie B quickly after failing to avoid relegation the following season.
He returned in 2000 and was ready to start afresh. Coming back to the club and seeing the likes of Ahn Jung-Hwan and Fabrizio Miccoli ahead of him in pecking order, led to a very disappointing second season for Bucchi, after scoring just once in seven matches for Perugia. He was also suspended in the second half of season due to doping but shorten after appeal, made him available for 2001–02 Serie A. He left the club in October after only 3 appearances.
Bucchi scored nine goals for newly promoted Serie B side Ternana in 2001–02 Serie B, as the new boys stayed up in their first Serie B season of the 21st century.
In the summer of 2002, he was signed by an ambitious, newly-promoted Serie B Sicilian outfit, Catania. However, things did not work out very well for Bucchi, as first-team opportunities proved challenging to come by, with the likes of Czech forward Jaroslav Sedivec, Luis Oliveira and Nassim Mendil all above him in the pecking order. He would go on to find the net just twice in thirteen appearances for the Sicilian side. He was allowed to leave in the winter and moved to Cagliari in the winter of 2002–03. Once again, he would have to wait for his chance, although with the likes of Fabrizio Cammarata, David Suazo and Luigi Beghetto already the first choice strikers, Bucchi would only feature ten times in his whole Sardinian career, scoring just once.
Cristian Bucchi
Cristian Bucchi (born 30 May 1977) is an Italian football manager and former player who is the head coach of Serie C Group B club Arezzo. A forward, he was best known for his goal-scoring ability in Serie B during the peak of his career.
Bucchi started his career with the Serie D outfit Sambenedettese in 1995 as an 18-year-old. He made 28 appearances in his first proper season, although he scored no goals.
The Serie D outfit released him at the end of the season, and he decided to drop down two divisions to the amateur regional leagues (Promozione Marche). From 1996 to 1998, he enjoyed a fine couple of years where he collected a brilliant 52 goals in 58 games for Settempeda. The club also promoted to 1997–98 Eccellenza Marche. The 21-year-old's promising talent did not go unnoticed, and it showed as Serie A outfit Perugia took a very big gamble, in some respects, on a non-league striker. Soon after that, in a massive change of fortunes for the young forward, he was called up to the Italy U21s.
After his big move to Serie A, he started straight away in his first season for the club, as Perugia finished mid-table in the 1998–99 season. He contributed five league goals, and it was a surprise that he adapted so quickly, considering he had been playing amateur football for little over a year. His second season did not go as well as his first.
He played the 1999–2000 season on loan to Vicenza, scoring eleven league goals that helped his team win the Serie B title. However, they returned to Serie B quickly after failing to avoid relegation the following season.
He returned in 2000 and was ready to start afresh. Coming back to the club and seeing the likes of Ahn Jung-Hwan and Fabrizio Miccoli ahead of him in pecking order, led to a very disappointing second season for Bucchi, after scoring just once in seven matches for Perugia. He was also suspended in the second half of season due to doping but shorten after appeal, made him available for 2001–02 Serie A. He left the club in October after only 3 appearances.
Bucchi scored nine goals for newly promoted Serie B side Ternana in 2001–02 Serie B, as the new boys stayed up in their first Serie B season of the 21st century.
In the summer of 2002, he was signed by an ambitious, newly-promoted Serie B Sicilian outfit, Catania. However, things did not work out very well for Bucchi, as first-team opportunities proved challenging to come by, with the likes of Czech forward Jaroslav Sedivec, Luis Oliveira and Nassim Mendil all above him in the pecking order. He would go on to find the net just twice in thirteen appearances for the Sicilian side. He was allowed to leave in the winter and moved to Cagliari in the winter of 2002–03. Once again, he would have to wait for his chance, although with the likes of Fabrizio Cammarata, David Suazo and Luigi Beghetto already the first choice strikers, Bucchi would only feature ten times in his whole Sardinian career, scoring just once.