Massimo Bulleri

Massimo Bulleri
Basket Ravenna Piero Manetti
Position	Assistant coach
League	Italian 2nd Division
Personal information
Born	September 10, 1977; Cecina, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	1999 / Undrafted
Playing career	1996–2017
Position	Point guard / Shooting guard
Coaching career	2017–present
Career history
As player:
1996–1997	Sporting Club Gira
1997–1998	Bears Mestre
1998	Benetton Treviso
1998–1999	Libertas Forlì
1999–2005	Benetton Treviso
2005–2008	Olimpia Milano
2008	Virtus Bologna
2008–2009	Olimpia Milano
2009	Benetton Treviso
2009–2010	Olimpia Milano
2010–2012	Benetton Treviso
2012–2013	Reyer Venezia Mestre
2013–2015	New Basket Brindisi
2015–2016	Ferentino
2016–2017	Pallacanestro Varese
As coach:
2017–2019	Pallacanestro Varese (assistant)
2019–present	Ravenna Piero Manetti (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	As player: FIBA Saporta Cup champion (1999); 2× Italian League champion (2002, 2003); 4× Italian Cup winner (2000, 2003–2005); 2× Italian Super Cup winner (2001, 2002); 2× Italian League MVP (2003, 2005); Italian Cup MVP (2005); 3× Italian League All-Star (2004–2006); Italian League All-Star Game MVP (2006); Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2004);
Representing Italy
Men’s Basketball
EuroBasket
Summer Olympic Games
Mediterranean Games

Massimo "Bullo" Bulleri (born September 10, 1977) is an Italian former professional basketball player and assistant coach for Pallacanestro Varese. During his playing career, standing at a height of 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) tall, he played at the point guard and shooting guard positions.

Professional playing career

During his pro club career, Bulleri won the European-wide secondary level FIBA Saporta Cup's 1998–99 season championship, and two Italian League championships, in 2002 and 2003. He also won four Italian Cup titles, (2000, 2003, 2004, and 2005), and two Italian Super Cup titles, in 2001 and 2002. He was the voted the Italian League's MVP, in both 2003 and 2005. He was also voted the MVP of the Italian Cup, in 2005.

In 2017, Bulleri retired from playing professional club basketball.

National team playing career

Bulleri was a member of the senior men's Italian national basketball team. With Italy, he played at the 2003 EuroBasket, where he won a bronze medal, at the 2005 EuroBasket, and at the 2007 EuroBasket. He also won the silver medal with the senior Italian national team at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games.

Coaching career

After he retired from playing pro club basketball, Bulleri began working as a basketball coach. In 2017, he became an assistant coach with the Italian League club Varese. On July 6, 2019, Bulleri signed with the Italian 2nd Division club Ravenna Piero Manetti, to work with the team as an assistant coach.[1]

Honors and awards as a player

Pro clubs

FIBA Saporta Cup Champion: 1999
4× Italian Cup Winner: 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005
2× Italian Supercup Winner: 2001, 2002
2× Italian League Champion: 2002, 2003
3× Italian League All-Star: 2004, 2005, 2006
Italian League All-Star Game MVP: 2006

Italian national team

2001 Mediterranean Games: Bronze
2003 EuroBasket: Bronze
2004 Summer Olympic Games: Silver

Individual

2× Italian League MVP: 2003, 2005
Italian Cup MVP: 2005
Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic - Rome, 27 September 2004. The initiative of the President of the Republic.[2]

References

"Basket Ravenna. Massimo Bulleri nuovo assistant coach". Basketinside (in Italian). July 6, 2019. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
Ufficiale Ordine al merito della Repubblica Italiana Sig. Massimo Bulleri (in Italian).

External links

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[1] "Basket Ravenna. Massimo Bulleri nuovo assistant coach". Basketinside (in Italian). July 6, 2019. Retrieved September 20, 2019.

[2] Ufficiale Ordine al merito della Repubblica Italiana Sig. Massimo Bulleri (in Italian).