Last season, while at Perugia in an away match at Reggina, he met the worst face of Italian football.
"A lot of people were insulting me," he said. "I remember all the time how I used to return home crying when I was a kid.
"Then I entered the adult world and still there were people shouting at me. I simply ignore them and play my best.
"That day wasn't the first time it happened and it probably won't be the last."
Liverani's success at Perugia led to a move to Lazio in September last year and he again showed his strength of character by silencing a notoriously racist element of the Biancoceleste support.
Striking the only goal of the game in November against Juventus also helped.
But, with Lazio lurching from crisis to crisis this season, Liverani's place in the side is no longer guaranteed.
Now he faces a battle to force his way back into coach Trapattoni's plans.
Given the obstacles he has already overcome in his rise to the top, one final hurdle may not yet be beyond him.