 Baggio then joined Serie C2 team "Giorgione" in November 1995, and played there for 3 years, reaching the semi-finals of the Serie C1 promotion play-offs during the 1996–97 season.He then joined A.C. Ancona and Ascoli Calcio 1898, who were competing in Serie C1 at that time, scoring 11 goals in 32 appearances for the former side.He returned to Ancona in 2000 and made his Serie B debut during the 2000–01 Serie B season.