Of Sicilian descent, as a junior athlete, he came 52nd at the
2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. He came 16th over 5000 metres at the
2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics, but managed a
1500 metres/5000 m double at the Italian junior championships. He won a team
silver medal in the under-23 section of the
2006 European Cross Country Championships, courtesy of his tenth-place finish. He improved to fifth place in this category at the
2007 European race. Senior success came two years later in the form of a 5000 m
silver medal at the
2009 Mediterranean Games in
Pescara and a team bronze medal at the
2009 European Cross Country Championships alongside
Daniele Meucci. In his first major senior track final, he came tenth over 5000 m at the
2010 European Athletics Championships. He managed the same position in the 3000 m at the
2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships and secured the
bronze medal over 5000 m at the
2011 Summer Universiade in
Shenzhen. ==Achievements==