Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I whanau mai ia i Lagonegro, Potenza, i tiimata tana mahi a-ao i te 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
, i puta ai ia i te 41 i te whakataetae rangatahi. I muri mai i taua tau ka whakataetae ia i te ara i te 1992 World Junior Championships i roto i te Athletics a ko ia te 14th i te 10,000 mita whakamutunga. I tohu ia i Itari i te 1995 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships ka tiimata tana paanga ki te waahi rere i te huarahi i te mutunga o nga 1990 i raro i te tohutohu a Renato Canova.