Christian Riganò

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Personal information
Christian Riganò
Full name	Christian Riganò
Date of birth	25 May 1974
Place of birth	Lipari, Italy
Height	1.9 m
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Messina
Number	9
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993-97 1997-98 1998-2000 2000-02 2002-05 2005-06 2006-	Lipari Messina Igea Virtus Taranto Florentia Viola/Fiorentina Empoli (loan) Messina	73 (34) 29 (3) 50 (28) 64 (41) 94 (57) 33 (5) 14 (10)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 October 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of N/A. * Appearances (Goals)

Christian Riganò (born 25 May 1974 in Lipari) is an Italian footballer.

Riganò spent most of his career in lower division, but in 2002, he joined Florentia Viola of Serie C2, and scored 30 goals in 32 matches. In 2003, he scored 23 Serie B goals in 44 matches, helped Fiorentina promoted to Serie A, and earn his Serie A debut in age of 30. He was loaned to Empoli F.C. in 2005/06 season.

He was team captain of The Viola before loaned to Empoli, Dario Dainelli succeeded as team captain. In August 2006 he was transferred to Messina and now he is one of the top scorers in Serie A this season.