Francesco Baiano

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Francesco Baiano
Personal information
Full name	Francesco Baiano
Date of birth	February 24, 1968 (1968-02-24) (age 41)
Place of birth	Naples, Italy
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Striker (retired)
Youth career
	Napoli
Senior career1
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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