In 1995, he was the reserve of Reggiana's starting goalkeeper Marco Ballotta and the team obtained promotion to Serie A.
The subsequent season he continued to be a reserve but managed to play one Serie A match, against Fiorentina.
His career was well documented in Chapter 8 – Seven Minutes in Serie A, in the 2006 book 'Forza Italia - The Fall and Rise of Italian Football' by Irish Journalist Paddy Agnew.
In addition to this, when they were mathematically relegated, the club actually began giving youth team players from Conigliano Veneto, where the son of Reggiana's managing director worked, a chance to play.
The following week, during the final game of the season, however he was once again relegated to the bench, with Ballotta taking the first team place.