Florian Lucchini (born 13 February 1981 in

Perpignan Perpignan (, , ; ca, Perpinyà ; es, Perpiñán ; it, Perpignano ) is the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the ...

) is a French retired

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who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Lucchini started his career in

Stade Rennais Stade Rennais Football Club (), commonly referred to as Stade Rennais FC, Stade Rennais, Rennes, or simply SRFC, is a French professional football club based in Rennes, Brittany. They compete in Ligue 1, the top tier of French football, and pl ...

youth academy before joining Corsican sides GFCO Ajaccio and AC Ajaccio. In 2007, he played for six months in

Ionikos FC Ionikos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Ιωνικός) or Ionikos Nikaia is a Greek professional football club based in Nikaia, Piraeus, Greece, currently competing in the Super League Greece, the top-tier of the Greek football league system. Fr ...

and signed with Vihren for a free transfer in July 2008.

Vihren

Lucchini made his official debut for Vihren in a match against Levski Sofia on 9 August 2008. He played for 90 minutes. The match ended in a 1:0 win for Vihren. He made a phenomenal contribution to Vihren in the Bulgarian first division game against Levski and Sandanski fans named him ''The crazy Corsican''. The

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variation of this name is ''Лудият корсиканец''. In the 58th minute Lucchini saved a penalty kick.

References

* * 1981 births Living people French men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Ionikos F.C. players AEP Paphos FC players AC Ajaccio players OFC Vihren Sandanski players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players Panserraikos F.C. players Ligue 1 players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Cypriot First Division players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria French expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Greece French expatriate sportspeople in Greece Sportspeople from Perpignan Footballers from Occitania (administrative region) {{France-footy-goalkeeper-stub