Salvioni mostly played into lower ranks of Italian football, excluding a two-year stint with then-Serie A club Foggia and a lone season with Brescia.
Salvioni started his coaching career in 1989 with Serie D club Seregno which he later to join Crema in 1991.
In his second and final season in charge, he guided the French outfit to promotion into the top flight.
However, Salvioni found himself again without a job in July 2010 due to Ancona's exclusion from Italian football.
In December 2010 he became the new head coach of Triestina,[2] as of the start of winter break, the team finished as the bottom with 17 points.