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

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

Luca Fusco

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 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.

Luca Fusco

In August 2007, Fusco re-joined Salernitana, 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.

Luca Fusco

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

Coaching career

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

Honours

Serie B Champion: 1998

Serie C1 Champion: 2008

Serie D Champion: 1997

Serie C1 Promotion Playoffs Winner: 2006

References

External links

http://aic.football.it/scheda/1775/fusco-luca.htm

Italian men's footballers

US Salernitana 1919 players

Cavese 1919 players

ACR Messina players

Genoa CFC players

FC Crotone players

Serie A players

Men's association football defenders

Sportspeople from Salerno

Footballers from the Province of Salerno

1977 births

Living people

Italian football managers

20th-century Italian people

21st-century Italian people