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Mauro Rizzo

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Mauro Rizzo
Personal information
Full name Mauro Rizzo
Date of birth (1984-06-15) 15 June 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Galatina, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
000?–2002 Lecce
2002–2004 Roma
2003–2004Lecce (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002 Lecce 1 (0)
2004–2006 Lecce 1 (0)
2004–2005Bellaria (loan) 0 (0)
2006Andria (loan) 12 (0)
2006–2008 Andria 42 (0)
2008–2009 Melfi 23 (0)
Total 78 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mauro Rizzo (born 15 June 1984) is a footballer from Italy. He has played as a defender for the U.S. Lecce, Roma, Bellaria, Andria, and Melfi football club.

Career

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Born in Galatina, the Province of Lecce, Rizzo started his career at U.S. Lecce in 2001. There, his first and only match played was the last match of the 2001-2002 season, with a 0–3 loss to A.C. Milan after replacing Alberto Savino in the 88th minute. In the summer of 2002, he was exchanged with Cesare Bovo of A.S. Roma in a co-ownership (i.e. 50%) deal, and both tagged for €3M for 50% of the players' rights. He played a season with Roma's Primavera team.[1] In July 2003, he was loaned back to Lecce[2] and bought back in June 2004 for €40,000. Co-currently, Bovo, who was already a regular member of the Italy U21 team, returned to Roma for just €10,000.[3]

Rizzo was sent to Bellaria on loan during the 2004–05 season, but returned to Lecce in January 2005. In January 2006, he left for Serie C2 side Andria BAT.[4] In summer 2006, Andria formed a co-ownership deal with Lecce and played 26 league matches. In June 2007, Roma gave up their remaining rights of Rizzo to Andria. He played 1 more season for Andria at Serie C2 then joined Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (ex-Serie C2) Melfi after Andria were relegated[5] (Andria were later re-admitted to the league).

He left Melfi in the summer of 2009 to join Atletico Tricase and played there for a season. He left Tricase the following year to join AS Bisceglie 1913. His last known club was Atletico Racale. He is currently without a club.

References

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  1. ^ "Homepage> Le Giovanili> Primavera". AS Roma (in Italian). Archived from the original on 7 February 2003. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Il Mercato al 16 luglio 2003" (PDF). AS Roma (in Italian). 16 July 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Approvazione Situazione Mensile al 31 maggio 2004" (PDF). AS Roma (in Italian). 30 June 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Andria Bat, colpi a raffica". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). 31 January 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  5. ^ "Melfi, Rizzo in prova". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). 20 August 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
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