Mauro Rizzo

Mauro Rizzo (born 15 June 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender.

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

Career

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).

References
  1. "Homepage> Le Giovanili> Primavera". AS Roma (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2003-02-07. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
  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). 2006-01-31. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
  5. "Melfi, Rizzo in prova". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
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