Francesco Baiano

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Francesco Baiano
Personal information
Full name Francesco Baiano
Date of birth February 24, 1968 (1968-02-24) (age 40)
Place of birth    Naples, Italy
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Striker (retired)
Youth clubs
Napoli
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1984-1990
1986-1987
1987-1988
1988-1989
1989-1990
1990-1992
1992-1997
1997-2000
2000
2000-2002
2002-2008
Napoli
Empoli
Parma
Empoli
Avellino
Foggia
Fiorentina
Derby County
Ternana
Pistoiese
Sangiovannese
5 (0)
26 (2)
25 (4)
38 (14)
32 (6)
69 (38)
118 (29)
64 (16)
15 (1)
58 (22)
116 (39)   
National team2
1991 Italy 2 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of April 17, 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of April 17, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Francesco Baiano (born 24 February 1968 in Naples) is an Italian professional footballer. He is a well-known striker famous for his shooting technique.

During his career, Baiano played for several clubs including Foggia, which made him famous at the Serie A level, Fiorentina, being part of the so-called Ba-Ba strikers duo together with Gabriel Batistuta (he scored 29 goals in 118 games for Fiorentina), and Derby County. He joined Derby in 1997 along with Stefano Eranio and together were among the first group of Italian footballers to play in the Premier League. He hit 16 goals in 64 games in a resurgent Derby team and was named as one of their best ever imports by the fans.

Baiano went on to play for Sangiovannese of Serie C1, a team he joined in 2002.

He won two international caps, both in late 1991, scoring no goals.

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