 Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekunyora muSerie B kuReggiana 199899, kubatsira kirabhu kukwidziridzwa kuSerie A, Protti akadzokera kuLivorno muSerie C1 muna 1999, kwaakakurumidza kuva mumwe wevatambi vakakurumbira munhoroondo yekirabhu iyoyo, achihwina zvibodzwa gumi nerimwe mumwaka wake wekutanga nekirabhu. Akazove kaputeni weLivorno, achitungamira kirabhu kuenda kuSerie B kukwidziridzwa mumwaka wa2001-02 Serie C1, kuhwina zita, uye kupedzisa mushandirapamwe semutambi wepamusoro, uye mwaka unotevera aive mutambi wepamusoro muSerie B. Akazoendesa Livorno kuenda kuSerie A kukwidziridzwa mumwaka wa2003-04, asati aenda pamudyandigere muna 2005 mushure mekunge timu yapedza zvinoshamisa 9th mumushandirapamwe wavo wekutanga wepamusoro mumakore mazhinji, vachisiya 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. 