However Vasari had the opportunity to play in the national second-highest division next year, as he was signed by Acireale.
In 2003, despite not a brilliant season in a lower division, Vasari proposed himself to Palermo, citing a promise made to his father's deathbed to bring Palermo back to Serie A;[1] the club then accepted to sign him, with a salary proportional with the caps he would have gained with the first team.
Despite not playing often, mainly only as a substitute, Vasari offered his experience to help Palermo to win the league and gain a spot in the Serie A for the first time in 31 years, and also scored the final goal in Palermo's successful Serie B campaign, in the final minutes of a home game against Bari.
He then played for newly promoted Sicilian Serie C1 side Vittoria, and retired after a two-month stay at Trapani, after having been signed in March 2006 in a desperate and unsuccessful attempt to save the team from relegation to Eccellenza.
Following his retirement from football, Tanino Vasari became owner of a bakery of which he is also a cashier, located nearby the Stadio Renzo Barbera.