Massimo Bulleri

Massimo "Bullo" Bulleri (born 10 September 1977) is an Italian professional basketball coach and former player. 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. He is currently the head coach for Dinamo Sassari in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).

Massimo Bulleri

Dinamo Sassari
Position	Head coach
League	Lega Basket Serie A
Personal information
Born	(1977-09-10) 10 September 1977 (age 47) Cecina, Italy
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 a 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 a coach:
2017–2019	Pallacanestro Varese (assistant)
2019–2020	Ravenna Piero Manetti (assistant)
2020–2021	Pallacanestro Varese
2021–2022	Pallacanestro Orzinuovi
2022–2023	Limoges CSP (assistant)
2023–2025	Dinamo Sassari (assistant)
2025–present	Dinamo Sassari
Career highlights
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)
Medals Representing  Italy Men's Basketball EuroBasket 2003 Sweden Summer Olympic Games 2004 Athens Mediterranean Games 2001 Tunisia

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 6 July 2019 Bulleri signed with the Italian 2nd Division club Ravenna Piero Manetti, to work with the team as an assistant coach.^[1]

On 8 September 2020 Bulleri was called by Pallacanestro Varese to replace Attilio Caja as head coach; he signed for the 2020–21 season with an option for the next year.^[2] 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.^[3]

On January 23, 2025, he became the head coach of Dinamo Sassari in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), to replace Nenad Marković.^[4]

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.^[5]