Massimo "Bullo" Bulleri (born 10 September 1977) is an Italian professional

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coach and former player. During his playing career, standing at a height of tall, he played at the

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and

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positions. He is currently the

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for

Dinamo Sassari Polisportiva Dinamo, commonly known as Dinamo Sassari and currently known as Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Sassari, Sardinia. They are the 2018–19 European ...

in the Italian

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(LBA).

Professional playing career

During his pro

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career, Bulleri won the European-wide secondary level

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's 1998–99 season championship, and two Italian League championships, in 2002 and 2003. He also won four

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titles, (2000, 2003, 2004, and 2005), and two

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titles, in 2001 and 2002. He was the voted the Italian League's MVP, in both 2003 and 2005. He was also voted the

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of the

, in 2005. In 2017, Bulleri retired from playing professional club basketball.

National team playing career

Bulleri was a member of the senior men's

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. With Italy, he played at the

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, where he won a bronze medal, at the 2005 EuroBasket, and at the

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. 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

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. In 2017, he became an assistant coach with the Italian League club

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. On 6 July 2019 Bulleri signed with the Italian 2nd Division club Ravenna Piero Manetti, to work with the team as an assistant coach. On 8 September 2020 Bulleri was called by

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to replace

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as head coach; he signed for the 2020–21 season with an option for the next year. Even though he managed to save the team from the relegation to the Serie A2, the option was not used and Buller left the Varese. On January 23, 2025, he became the head coach of

in the Italian

(LBA), to replace

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Honors and awards as a player

Pro clubs

Champion: 1999 *4×

Winner: 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005 *2×

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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

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: *

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Individual

*2× Italian League MVP: 2003, 2005 *

: 2005 *Officer of the

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, 27 September 2004. The initiative of the

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.Ufficiale Ordine al merito della Repubblica Italiana Sig. Massimo Bulleri .
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References

External links

Euroleague.net Profile

Italian League Profile

Eurobasket.com Profile
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