Eddy Baggio is an Italian football

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 striker

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He is one of the younger brothers of Roberto Baggio

Roberto Baggio

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, but unlike Roberto, Eddy never made his Serie A

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 debut.

He started his professional career at A.C. Fiorentina

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, the club where Roberto started to shine.

He left the club 4 years after Roberto, and joined two different Serie C1 teams Palazzolo

A.C. Palazzolo 1913

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 and Prato

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 within two years. He then joined Serie C2 team Giorgione in November, and played there for 3 years. He then joined A.C. Ancona

A.C. Ancona

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 and Ascoli Calcio 1898

Ascoli Calcio 1898

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 at that time in Serie C1.

He returned to Ancona in 2000 and made his Serie B debut. In the following years, he changed club every season: Calcio Catania

Calcio Catania

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 (Serie C1), Salernitana Calcio 1919

Salernitana Calcio 1919

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 (Serie B), Vicenza Calcio

Vicenza Calcio

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 (Serie B), Catania again (Serie B), Spezia Calcio 1906

Spezia Calcio 1906

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 (Serie C1) and finally settled in Pisa

Pisa Calcio

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. On January 2008 he was sold to Serie C2

Serie C2

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 club Portosummaga, but managed to play only five times. On August 2008 he accepted an offer from Sangiovannese

A.C. Sangiovannese 1927

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In total, he played 86 Serie B games, scored 18 goals.

External links

• pisacalcio.it
• http://www.tuttocalciatori.net/Baggio_Eddy