Mauro Rizzo

Mauro Rizzo

Personal information
Full name	Mauro Rizzo
Date of birth	15 June 1984 (1984-06-15) (age 27)
Place of birth	Galatina, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Free agent
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. † Appearances (Goals).

Mauro Rizzo (born 15 June 1984) is an Italian footballer who currently without a club.

Biography

Born in Galatina, the Province of Lecce, Rizzo started his career at U.S. Lecce. He played his first and only match on the last match of 2001–02 Serie A season, a 0-3 lost to A.C. Milan, replaced Alberto Savino in the 88th minutes. In summer 2002, he was exchanged with Cesare Bovo of A.S. Roma in co-ownership (i.e. 50%) deal and both tagged for €3M for 50% rights. He played a season at 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 already a regular of Italy U21 team returned to Roma for just €10,000.^[3]

Rizzo was sent to Bellaria on loan in 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 remain rights to Andria. He played 1 more season for Andria at Serie C2 then joined Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (ex-Serie C2) Melfi after Andria relegated^[5] (later Andria re-admitted).

References

1. ^ "Homepage> Le Giovanili> Primavera" (in Italian). AS Roma. Archived from the original on 2003-02-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20030207022730/www.asroma.it/GiovaniliList.aspx?Categoria=22. Retrieved 2010-03-25. 
2. ^ "Il Mercato al 16 luglio 2003" (in Italian) (​PDF (9.6KB)). AS Roma. 16 July 2003. http://109.75.174.100/~asroma/downloads/corporate_investor/1287724068.pdf. Retrieved 27 March 2011. 
3. ^ "Approvazione Situazione Mensile al 31 maggio 2004" (in Italian) (​PDF (155KB)). AS Roma. 30 June 2004. http://109.75.174.100/~asroma/downloads/corporate_investor/1287664872.pdf. Retrieved 27 March 2011. 
4. ^ "Andria Bat, colpi a raffica" (in Italian). Tutto Mercato Web. 2006-01-31. http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/?action=read&id=20802. Retrieved 2010-03-25. 
5. ^ "Melfi, Rizzo in prova" (in Italian). Tutto Mercato Web. 2008-08-20. http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/?action=read&id=118461. Retrieved 2010-03-25. 

External links

• Profile at TuttoCalciatori.net (Italian)

Persondata
Name	Rizzo, Mauro
Alternative names	Rizzo, Mauro
Short description	Italian footballer
Date of birth	1984-6-15
Place of birth	Galatina, Italy
Date of death
Place of death