Nick Rizzo
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicholas Anthony Rizzo | ||
| Date of birth | 9 June 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) |
Left-winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1996 |
Sydney Olympic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1998 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Crystal Palace | 68 | (8) |
| 2000–2003 | Ternana | 1 | (0) |
| 2001 |
→ Ancona (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 |
AC Prato | 26 | (5) |
| 2004–2007 | Milton Keynes Dons | 50 | (4) |
| 2007 | → Grimsby Town (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Chesterfield (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 |
Perth Glory | 26 | (1) |
| 2009 |
Central Coast Mariners | 0 | (0) |
| 2009–2013 |
APIA Leichhardt Tigers | 57 | (12) |
| Total | 311 | (31) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1995 |
Australia U-17 | 7 | (2) |
| 1999 |
Australia U-20 | 6 | (1) |
| 2000 |
Australia U-23 | 9 | (4) |
| 1998 |
Australia | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 October 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 January 2008 | |||
Nicholas Anthony Rizzo (born 9 June 1979) is an Australian former
Australia
.
Club career
After being educated at playing school football at Waverley College in Sydney, Rizzo arrived in England in 1996 joining English giants
Following three injury plagued seasons with a knee injury in Italy he then joined English League 1 side
Milton Keynes Dons (formerly Wimbledon F.C.) on a free transfer in November 2004, where he became a firm favourite with the fans. He is a lively and tricky player, known for his crossing and readiness to shoot on sight as well as his hard work and discipline. The summer of 2006 was not the best of times for Rizzo, who featured in the Dons' first pre-season game against Derby County but suffered with injury later in the season before going on loan to league two side Grimsby Town
and then league one side Chesterfield in 2007. It was announced on 8 May 2007 that Rizzo's contract with M K Dons had been terminated by mutual consent.
He then signed a two-year contract with
Newcastle Jets.[5]
Rizzo was not offered a new contract at
APIA Leichhardt Tigers
until 2011.
International career
Nicky has represented
Australian U23
team which failed to go past the group stages.
Coaching career
Since retiring Rizzo has set up his own soccer school named "Nick Rizzo International Football School".[7]
A-League career statistics
(Correct as of 2 February 2009)
| Club | Season | League | Finals | Asia | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
Perth Glory
|
2007–08
|
12 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 1 | 1 |
2008–09
|
14 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
Central Coast Mariners
|
0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | |
References
- ISBN 9781780910468.
- ^ "Jansen glitters at the Palace". The Independent. 17 October 1998. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "Rizzo rescues lucky Palace". The Independent. 10 August 1999. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "Crystal Palace 3-1 Colchester Utd". coludata.co.uk. 24 August 1999. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "Rizzo to Razzle in Perth". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
- ^ Central Coast Mariners release four, sign Nicky Travis
- ^ "Home". nrifa.com.au.
External links
- Central Coast Mariners profile
- Oz Football profile
- Nick Rizzo UK at Soccerbase
- Nick Rizzo International Football School
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Family he now has 3 daughters