 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Basa rake rakaderera mushure mekuenda kuLecce muna 1997, kwaakawana mikana shoma; kirabhu yakadzikiswa kuSerie B pakupera kwemwaka. Akakweretwa kuVicenza nePerugia, achitamba nhabvu yechikwata chekutanga mumwaka mitatu inotevera asati ajoina Torino yemwaka wa2000-01 Serie B. 