Luca Bucci facts for kids
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| Date of birth | 13 March 1969 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bologna, Italy | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||
| 1984–1986 | Parma | ||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
| 1986–1990 | Parma | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 1987 | → Pro Patria (loan) | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | → Rimini (loan) | 1 = 0 | |||||||||||
| 1990–1992 | Casertana | 67 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Reggiana | 36 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 1993–1998 | Parma | 95 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 1997 | → Perugia (loan) | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 1998–2003 | Torino | 160 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Empoli | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Parma | 81 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2009 | Napoli | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||
| Total | 481 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Italy | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||
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Luca Bucci is a former Italian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was born on March 13, 1969. Bucci played for many Italian clubs during his career. He is best known for his time with Parma, where he won several important titles in Italy and Europe. He also played for the Italian national team. He was part of the team that reached the 1994 FIFA World Cup final and was a reserve player at UEFA Euro 1996.
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Playing Career: Club Teams
Luca Bucci started his football journey in Bologna, Italy. He spent his early years playing in Italy's lower football leagues, known as Serie C1 (the third level) and Serie B (the second level). He even helped Reggiana win the Serie B title in the 1992–93 season.
Time at Parma
Bucci made his debut in Serie A, Italy's top football league, with Parma on August 29, 1993. This was a big step in his career. He quickly became a key player for Parma during a very successful period for the club.
With Parma, he won the UEFA Supercup in 1993. This is a match played between the winners of two major European club competitions. He also won the UEFA Cup in 1995, which is another important European club tournament. Parma also finished as runners-up in several other competitions, including the Coppa Italia (Italy's main cup competition) and Serie A.
Bucci was the main goalkeeper for Parma when they won the UEFA Cup in 1995. However, a young and talented goalkeeper named Gianluigi Buffon started to emerge at Parma. After a disagreement with his coach, Bucci decided to leave Parma to play more regularly.
Moving to Other Clubs
After leaving Parma, Bucci played for Perugia for six months. In 1997, he joined Torino, which was in the second-tier league at the time. He helped Torino get promoted back to Serie A by winning the Serie B title in the 2000–01 season. He stayed with Torino for six seasons.
After his contract with Torino ended, he joined Empoli. However, he only played in about half of their games, and the club was relegated (moved down to a lower league) at the end of the season. Bucci then left Empoli.
Return to Parma and Final Years
After being without a club for six months, Bucci returned to Parma in January 2005. He initially joined as a reserve goalkeeper. However, he soon became the first-choice goalkeeper for Parma in the following seasons. He played for Parma until June 2008, when the club was relegated.
After another seven months without a club, he joined Napoli in 2009. He made his debut for Napoli on April 19, 2009. This made him the fifth goalkeeper to play for Napoli in that season due to many injuries.
International Career: Playing for Italy
Luca Bucci was called up to the Italian national team by manager Arrigo Sacchi. He was Italy's third goalkeeper for the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States. The main goalkeepers were Gianluca Pagliuca and Luca Marchegiani. Bucci did not play in any matches during the tournament. Italy reached the final but lost to Brazil in a penalty shootout.
Bucci made his first appearance for Italy on December 21, 1994, in a friendly match against Turkey, which Italy won 3–1. He was also a backup goalkeeper for Italy at UEFA Euro 1996. In total, Bucci played three matches for the Italian national team between 1994 and 1996.
Playing Style and Skills
Even though Luca Bucci was not very tall for a goalkeeper, he was known for being very reliable and strong. He was consistent, athletic, and had an acrobatic style of play. He was a confident and determined goalkeeper who often played with a lot of instinct and energy.
Many people considered him one of the best Italian goalkeepers of his time. He was very fast at rushing out of his goal to stop attackers who had gotten past the defense. He was also good at diving quickly to save or block the ball. Bucci was also skilled at stopping penalty kicks.
Additionally, Bucci was good with the ball at his feet. He could act as a "sweeper-keeper," meaning he would come out of his goal to help his team's defense and start attacks from the back. He was also known for playing for a long time in his career.
Life After Playing Football
After the 2008–09 season, Luca Bucci decided to stop playing professional football. He then became a goalkeeper coach for the youth teams at Parma. In 2015, he joined Bologna as their goalkeeping coach, working under his former Parma manager, Roberto Donadoni.
Honours
Reggiana
- Serie B: 1992–93
Parma
- UEFA Cup: 1994–95
- UEFA Super Cup: 1993
Torino
- Serie B: 2000–01
See also
In Spanish: Luca Bucci para niños
