 Kunyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekupinda muSerie B kuReggiana 199899, achibatsira kirabhu kukwidziridzwa kuSerie A, Protti akadzokera kuLivorno muSerie C1 muna 1999, kwaakakurumidza kuve mumwe wevatambi vane mukurumbira munhoroondo yekirabhu iyoyo, achihwina zvibodzwa gumi nerimwe mumwaka wake wekutanga nekirabhu. Akazove kaputeni weLivorno, achitungamira kirabhu kuenda kuSerie B panguva ya2001-02 Serie C1 mwaka, kuhwina zita, uye kupedzisa mushandirapamwe semutambi wepamusoro, uye mwaka unotevera aive mutambi wepamusoro muSerie B. Akazoendesa Livorno kuenda kuSerie A kukwidziridzwa panguva ya2003-04 mwaka, asati aenda pamudyandigere muna 2005pashure pokunge chikwata chacho chapera chinzvimbo chechipfumbamwe chinoshamisa mumushandirapamwe wavo wokutanga wepamusoro-soro mumakore akawanda, chichisiya kaputeni armband kuna Cristiano Lucarelli. Nhamba yaProtti 10 yakabva yatorwa nekirabhu. Akapiwawo rusununguko rweguta reLivorno muna 2007. Munguva yemhemberero yemubairo, akakumbira jersey 10 kuti isaregedzwe basa kuitira kuti ape munhu chero upi zvake kurota kuti azvipfeke rimwe zuva. Nhamba yacho ichagoverwa zvakare kutanga kubva mumwaka wa2007-08, naFrancesco Tavano akapfeka hembe nhamba 10. 