Giovanni Bucaro

Player

Bucaro began his playing career with Sorrento. He started with the Rossoneri in their youth team and made 31 appearances for the first team between 1986 and 1988. In 1988, he joined Foggia who were then in the 3rd division of Italian football. In 1989, his second season saw the arrival of manager Zdeněk Zeman, whose aggressive and entertaining style of football saw Foggia enter the most significant period in its history when it eventually reached Serie A in 1991. Zeman achieved promotion to Serie B in his first season, and Bucaro played a crucial role in defence in this promotion-winning team. Following another successful season for Foggia, who achieved promotion to Serie A as champions, Bucaro was sold to Fiorentina. He failed to make an appearance for the Tuscan side and was moved onto Modena in 1991, for whom he made 22 appearances. Following this solitary season at Modena, he joined Bologna, for whom he made 29 appearances. By 1993, he had rejoined Foggia, for whom he played in their final season in Serie A before they were relegated to Serie B in 1995. Bucaro played another season for Foggia in 1995-1996 when the club finished mid-table. He joined SPAL the following season and made 17 appearances in the 3rd division. Remaining in the lower divisions of Italian football, he joined Ascoli and stayed for three seasons playing 87 league games. He then joined Avellino who were also then in the 3rd division, and between 2000 and 2003, he played 46…

As a player

Foggia

Serie B (1): 1990–91 Avellino

Serie C1/B play-off winners (1): 2004–05.

As a manager

Avellino

Serie D (1): 2018–19.