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Francesco "Ciccio" Tavano (born 2 March 1979 in Caserta) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Avellino. == Career == Tavano started his professional career with Pisa, before being sold to minor Florence team Rondinella, then in Serie C2. He then joined Empoli, where he slowly established himself as one of the stars of the small Tuscan team. During the January 2006 transfer window, several Italian football pundits claimed that Real Madrid were interested in signing Tavano,〔(Empoli's Tavano excited by Real Madrid interest ), tribalfootball.com, January 5, 2006〕 but he eventually signed for Valencia in mid-2006, for €9 million.〔Empoli FC SpA ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2007 , (PDF purchased from Italian CCIAA )〕 He received a call-up from the Italian national team in April 2006, when manager Marcello Lippi held trails for the 23-man squad that would go on to win the 2006 FIFA World Cup, but he never made his international debut. His time in Spain, however, proved to be unsuccessful, as he fell out with coaching staff after making statements in the press which led to him being a sub player for the majority of his short stay in Spain. Tavano then returned to Italy for a loan spell with Roma, where he mostly served as a reserve player for the main ''giallorossi'' strikers, although he was able to win the 2006-07 Coppa Italia with the club. In 2007 he was permanently signed by Livorno, for a reported €5.5 million on a 4-year contract. He received the #10 jersey, previously retired in honour of Igor Protti and unretired that year under explicit request from the former ''amaranto'' star. Despite being the club top scorer in his comeback season in Tuscany, his side did not manage to escape from relegation. Tavano agreed to stay at Livorno also in their Serie B 2008–09 campaign in order to try to lead his team back into the top fllght. He scored a hat-trick against Avellino on the opening day of the season, making it the first round 1 hat-trick since 1994. He would then score at Piacenza, before standing back to back with a teammate in celebration. He missed a penalty against old club Empoli with the score 1-1, before Antonio Busce scored Empoli's winner. Tavano would, however, get a goal in the 5-2 win over Frosinone, on the way to 25 for the season, giving him the capocannionaire title, and ensuring promotion through the playoffs after missing out on automatic promotion to Bari and Parma. However he had a hard season in Serie A, as Livorno were the only newly promoted team to go down. He scored the winner at Roma, but only scored 4 other goals. He was also inconsistent, so much so that one fan interrupted training to slap him. He was still described as important. New manager Giuseppe Pillon said, "He is a fundamental player but must be motivated. I believe he has a desire for revenge after a poor Serie A Season." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francesco Tavano」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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