Giuseppe_Rizzo
Giuseppe Rizzo
Italian footballer
Giuseppe Rizzo (born 18 March 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie C Group C club Catania.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1991-03-18) 18 March 1991 (age 33) | ||
| Place of birth | Messina, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Catania | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Reggina | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2013 | Reggina | 91 | (3) |
| 2013 | → Pescara (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Pescara | 23 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Reggina | 14 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Perugia (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Perugia | 30 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Vicenza (loan) | 29 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Salernitana | 3 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Catania (loan) | 20 | (1) |
| 2018–2020 | Catania | 43 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Triestina | 33 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Pescara | 12 | (0) |
| 2022 | → ACR Messina (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2022– | Catania | 2 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2010–2012 | Italy U-21 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 September 2022 | |||
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He started his career in Serie B with Reggina, debuted for the club on 26 November 2009, in the Coppa Italia defeat against Palermo.[1] His debut in Serie B was on 19 April 2010, against Crotone. The final result of the match was a win for Reggina.[2] Rizzo made his first goal for the club on the match against Piacenza.[3]
On 10 August 2020 he moved to Triestina on a 2-year contract.[4]
On 31 August 2021 he returned to Pescara.[5] On 29 January 2022, he joined his home town club ACR Messina on loan until the end of the season.[6]
Rizzo was called for the first time by manager Ciro Ferrara for the Italy U-21 squad in a friendly match against Turkey, in November 2010.[7] On 17 November 2010, the match was played at Stadio Bruno Recchioni in Fermo. The final result was 2-1 and Rizzo came off the bench for his debut on the 75 minute.[8]
In 2011–12 season he played once for Italy under-21 Serie B representative team, the B team of U21.
- "UFFICIALE: Giuseppe Rizzo è un nuovo giocatore dell'Unione" (Press release) (in Italian). Triestina. 10 August 2020.
- "Giuseppe Rizzo è un nuovo giocatore #BiancAzzurro" (in Italian). Pescara. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- "L'Acr Messina da il benvenuto a Giuseppe Rizzo" (Press release) (in Italian). ACR Messina. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- Giuseppe Rizzo called by Ciro Ferrara (in Italian)
- FIGC (in Italian)
- Profile at Reggina Calcio official website (in Italian)
- Giuseppe Rizzo at Soccerway
- Le rubriche di retestadio.it - Campioni in erba