Career
Sampdoria
Foti started his professional career with Sampdoria, where he was occasionally featured under the guidance of Walter Novellino. Foti joined the club in mid-2005 after his previous team, Venezia, disbanded because of financial troubles. Udinese
He was sold to Udinese in summer 2006 in a co-ownership deal for €2 million.
At the same time Sampdoria acquired Fabio Quagliarella and Mirko Pieri for €1.5M and €0.5M respectively in co-ownership deal.
He was loaned back to Sampdoria for the first half of 2006-2007 season, and then to Serie B"s Vicenza for the second half in order to give him the opportunity to play more first team football. Foti started the 2007-2008 season again with Sampdoria, mostly being featured as a backup player, being later loaned again to a Serie B club, this time Messina.
In the summer of 2008, he was loaned to Treviso for the entire 2008-2009 season. Return to Sampdoria
Foti returned to Sampdoria in June 2009 for free.
Foti then spent 1½ seasons at Serie B teams Piacenza and Empoli.
In January 2012 Foti was loaned to again to another Serie B team Brescia. While Juan Antonio joined Sampdoria definitely. Lecce
After scoring again in a 2–2 against Como, he made his first start for the club at home to Virtus Entella, and scored a hat trick, taking his tally to six goals from just one start and four substitute appearances.
Chiasso
Foti signed for Swiss side Chiasso in the summer of 2014.
International career
Foti played all five matches of 2005 Union of European Football Associations European Under-17 Football Championship. He also played seven friendlies for U17 team and twice in 2005 Fédération internationale de football association U-17 World Championship.