Cristian Bucchi

Early 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.

Perugia

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…

For Italy, he has only represented his country at the Under-21 level. During his time in the team (1998–1999), he collected three U-21 caps, scoring one goal.

Pescara

Bucchi became the head coach of the Primavera (under-19) team of Pescara in 2012. He obtained UEFA A License, the second highest in the category, with the highest score in the class in 2012. In March 2013, Bucchi was promoted as the head coach to their first team, following the sacking of previous coach Cristiano Bergodi. The team also hired Bruno Nobili as nominal head coach and de facto as Bucchi's assistant in order to bypass the bureaucratic ban, as UEFA A License was not qualified to coach Serie A and Serie B level, but UEFA Pro License qualified. The club also promoted his assistants in the Primavera, Mirko Savini and Ermanno Ciotti, to the first team, and re-hired Massimo Marini as goalkeeping coach, who had left the position along with Giovanni Stroppa in November 2012. On 10 March 2013, Bucchi debuted as the head coach of the first team of delfini in a 2–1 away loss against Atalanta.

Gubbio

On 12 July 2013, Bucchi joined Gubbio as their head coach. He was fired in January 2014. In summer 2014, while unemployed, he obtained the UEFA Pro License.

Torres

In January 2015, Bucchi became the head coach of Torres. The team finished as the 11th of 2014–15 Lega Pro. However, the club later dropped to the bottom of the table due to a match fixing scandal for the matches in the first half of 2014–15 season.

Maceratese

Bucchi was the head coach of Maceratese in 2015–16 Lega Pro season. The team finished as the losing side of the…