Christian Riganò

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Personal information
Christian Riganò
Date of birth	May 25, 1974 (1974-05-25) (age 34)
Place of birth	Lipari, Italy
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	SIena
Number	9
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993–1997 1997–1998 1998–2000 2000–2002 2002–2006 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007 2008-	Lipari Messina Igea Virtus Taranto Fiorentina → Empoli (loan) Messina Levante UD → Siena (loan)	73 (34) 29 0(3) 50 (28) 64 (41) 94 (57) 33 0(5) 26 (19) 13 0(4) 08 0(1)
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, Province of Messina) is an Italian football striker who currently plays for Siena.

[edit] Career

Riganò started his career with amateur team Lipari, where gained a reputation of a prolific striker. In 1997 he moved to then-Serie D team Messina, but he failed to impress there. This was followed by two season with Igea Virtus, another Serie D team, and 28 goals with the Sicilian side. In 2000, at the age of 26, he finally entered into professional football with Taranto, being instrumental in the rossoblu's promotion in their first season, and an impressive Serie C1 campaign the following year, being crowned Serie C1's topscorer with 27 goals in the 2001–02 season. In 2002, he joined Florentia Viola of Serie C2, and scored a personal record of 30 goals in 32 matches. In 2003, he scored 23 Serie B goals in 44 matches, helping Fiorentina to win promotion to Serie A and earning his Serie A debut in age of 30. During the 2005–06 winter transfer window, he was loaned to Empoli with little success.

In August 2006 he was transferred to Messina, making a very impressive season, scoring 19 goals in 26 appearances, finishing third on the top scorer chart in Serie A. To make it even more impressive, he sustained an injury in January which saw him miss action for three months.

14 August 2007, he signed for Levante UD^[1] but scored only four goals in 13 matches during his stay with the Spanish side, being then loaned out to Siena during the January transfer window.