 In the summer of 2005, he left the Primavera Youth Team and joined Serie C1 side Napoli in a 4-year co-ownership deal, for a peppercorn fee of €500; he won the league title with the club as an unused squad member, earning promotion to Serie B.In June 2006, he was bought back by Parma for €50,000 and became the club's third goalkeeper behind Luca Bucci and Alfonso De Lucia.He made his single appearance for the club that season in the second leg of the Coppa Italia quarter-final, in which Parma drew 2–2 with A.S. Roma, who won 4–3 on aggregate and went on to win the competition.