Valerio Di Cesareafter having contributed with goals and excellent performances to the salvation of Bari, decided to leave football at the age of 41 and start his career as a manager, always in red and white. The former captain is the latest in a long list of footballers who, as last shirtthey wore that of the cockerels.
In recent years there have been several “last times” wearing the Bari uniform: in 2019, for example, Franco said goodbye to playing football Brienza, beloved playmaker of our local football. After wearing the shirts of Palermo, Bologna and Atalanta in Serie A, among others, Ciccio joined Bari in 2016. After two seasons in Serie B, Brienza decided to stay even after the bankruptcy and the consequent restart from Serie D. In in total, with the Galletti, he scored 11 goals in 85 appearances.
Also Antonio Conte’s historic deputy, Cristian Stars, hanging up his boots with the Bari shirt on. In the red and white from 2007 to 2010, Stellini played 67 games with 2 goals. one in B and one in A. The one in the top flight, as well as the only one in his career, came on the day of his farewell to football, in the match he won against Fiorentina at the San Nicola 2-0.
Viitali’s last match as a professional footballer also arrived with the Bari jersey Kutuzov: the Belarusian center forward, in Bari from 2009 to 2012, scored 7 goals in 54 appearances: the most famous, the one scored in the draw against Inter in the Treble at San Siro.
