Luca Fusco

Luca Fusco (born 31 August 1977) is an Italian professional football manager and former player.

Luca Fusco
Luca Fusco before Salernitana-Benevento match, 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-08-31) 31 August 1977
Place of birth Salerno, Italy
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Youth career
1995–1997 Salernitana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2003 Salernitana 50 (2)
1996–1997 → Cavese (loan) 28 (0)
2003–2005 Messina 49 (0)
2006–2007 Genoa 11 (0)
2006–2007 → Crotone (loan) 32 (0)
2007–2010 Salernitana 82 (0)
2010–2013 Paganese 69 (1)
Teams managed
2017–2018 Pro Vercelli (assistant)
2018– Paganese
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Fusco played over 200 matches at Serie B and 31 at Serie A. He had spent over 7 season at native club Salernitana.

Career

Started his career at Salernitana, he started to play for first team in January 1998 after a loan spell at Serie D club Cavese. He won the 2nd division champion with Salernitana at the end of season. His first taste of Italian top division started on 13 September 1998, the opening match that lost 1–3 to A.S. Roma. His journey at Serie A paused at 24 games, due to the relegation of the Campania team. He played for the club at Serie B until 2003, which he was signed by league rival Messina. He played 42 out of possible 46 league matches, and followed the team promoted to Serie A again, this time as 4th place. But before he joined Genoa of Serie C1 in January 2006, he just played 7 Serie A matches in the previous 1½ Serie A seasons, partially due to injuries. After won the Serie B promotion with Geona, again, he was not in the plan of Genoa, which originally promoted Serie A in 2005 but suffered from its scandal. He was loaned to Crotone but faced relegation again.

In August 2007, Fusco re-joined Salernitana,[1] which relegated to Serie C1 since 2005. Fusco regained his fit as a regular starter, won the promotion with club as champion in 2008, and avoided relegation by finished at 14th, just one point away from the relegated team.

He became a free agent after Salernitana relegated. On 2 November 2010 he joined Paganese.[2]

Coaching career

He was appointed head coach of Paganese in Serie C on 13 July 2018.[3] He was fired by Paganese on 13 November 2018, with the team in the relegation zone.[4]

Honours
  • Serie B Champion: 1998
  • Serie C1 Champion: 2008
  • Serie D Champion: 1997
  • Serie C1 Promotion Playoffs Winner: 2006
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References
  1. "Il Grifo draga gli sviluppi di mercato" (in Italian). Genoa CFC. 2 August 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  2. "UFFICIALE: INGAGGIATO LUCA FUSCO". Paganese Calcio 1926 (in Italian). 2 November 2010. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  3. "LUCA FUSCO NUOVO ALLENATORE DELLA PAGANESE" [Luca Fusco is the new coach of Paganese] (in Italian). Paganese. 13 July 2018.
  4. "Interrotto il rapporto lavorativo con mister Fusco" [The working relationship with Mr. Fusco is terminated] (in Italian). Paganese. 13 November 2018.
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