 He won Serie B champion and made his Serie A debut in 1999–2000 season.In the 2000–01 season, he left for Serie B side Venezia, which won promotion to Serie A in June 2001.In August 2002, after Venezia's owner Maurizio Zamparini purchased Serie B team Palermo, he followed his teammates likes Di Napoli, Kewullay Conteh, Mario Santana, Igor Budan, Stefano Morrone and Daniel Andersson, etc.