Giovanni Bruno (born 30 January 1980) is an Italian

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who plays as a defender. Bruno spent entire career in ''

Lega Pro The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

'' and ''

Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the Italian league system, the competition sits beneath the third professional league, Serie C. It is administered by the Lega Nazionale Dilettant ...

''. He spent 6 seasons in the Italian third highest level since 2004 (except for the 2006–07 season).

Career

Born in Carbonara di Bari, in the city of

Bari Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...

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, Bruno started his career at local club

A.S. Bari Società Sportiva Calcio Bari, commonly referred to as Bari, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Bari, Apulia. Bari currently plays in the . The team finished the 2021–22 season in first place in Serie C and earned promot ...

. He then spent 4 seasons in the Italian

. With Pro Vasto he faced his first relegation in 2000. Bruno won promotion with

Rutigliano Rutigliano (; Barese dialect, Barese: ) is a town and comune, commune in the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy. Main sights *Norman castle (11th century), built above a pre-existing Byzantine watchtower or fortification. *Collegi ...

as Group H playoffs winner in 2003. However the team were relegated back to non-professional football in 2004 from

Serie C2 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...

. He then moved to

Frosinone Frosinone (, local dialect: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the province of Frosinone. It is located about south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples A1 Motorway. The city is the main city of the Va ...

Serie C1 Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football (soccer), football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1 ...

, winning the promotion play-offs in

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. He did not follow the team to

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, but joined

Cisco Roma Atletico Roma Football Club was an Italian football club based in Rome, Italy. The club was founded as Nuova Tor Sapienza Calcio, which was renamed to Cisco Tor Sapienza in 1998. Under several merger, the club was subsequent known as A.S. Cis ...

of Serie C2. The club finished the season as the losing semifinalists in the promotion playoffs. He was sent off in the first leg of the first round (semi-final). The second leg was played by his understudy Marco Teani who also played 17 league games in the regular season. In 2007, he joined Martina. In January 2008 he moved to

Potenza Potenza (, also , ; , Potentino dialect: ''Putenz'') is a ''comune'' in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata (former Lucania). Capital of the Province of Potenza and the Basilicata region, the city is the highest regional capital and one ...

. In August 2008 he terminated his contract with Potenza and joined Reggiana. His team finished the season as the losing semifinalists in the promotion playoffs. He only played once in the playoffs, coming on as a substitute for Davide Scantamburlo. In August 2009 he joined

Como Como (, ; lmo, Còmm, label=Comasco dialect, Comasco , or ; lat, Novum Comum; rm, Com; french: Côme) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como. Its proximity to Lake Como and ...

. He did not play any games in the 2010–11 season, and left for Barletta in January 2011, in exchange for

Renato Dossena Renato Dossena (born 14 April 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Career Born in Savona, Liguria, Dossena started his career with Ligurian club Genoa but was released in 2002; in the 2001–02 season Dossena and Danilo Ru ...

References

External links

Barletta Profile

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bruno, Giovanni Italian men's footballers SSC Bari players Vastese Calcio 1902 players Frosinone Calcio players Atletico Roma FC players Potenza SC players AC Reggiana 1919 players Como 1907 players ASD Barletta 1922 players Men's association football fullbacks Footballers from Bari 1980 births Living people