David Pizarro

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David Pizarro
Personal information
Full name	David Marcelo Pizarro Cortes
Date of birth	11 February 1979
Place of birth	Valparaiso, Chile
Height	1.70 m (5' 7")
Position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	A.S. Roma
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1997-1998 1999-2000 2001 2001-2005 2005-2006 2006-	Santiago Wanderers Udinese Calcio Universidad de Chile Udinese Calcio F.C. Internazionale Milano A.S. Roma	41 (3) 9 (0) 6 (1) 117 (14) 24 (2) 2 (1)
National team**
1999-2005	Chile	36 (2)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 August 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 27 October 2006.

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Chile
Men's Football
Bronze	2000 Sydney	Team Competition

David Marcelo Pizarro Cortes (born February 11, 1979 in Valparaiso, Chile) is a Chilean international football player, who was a member of the national squad competing at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He currently plays for Serie A side, A.S. Roma.

He started his career as a playmaking midfielder with the Santiago Wanderers in Valparaiso, Chile. Then he had a short but successful spell with South American team, Universidad de Chile, where he debuted at the Copa Libertadores.

He had his first shot at European football with Udinese Calcio in Serie A. After experiencing great success with Udinese, Pizzaro signed a four year contract with Internazionale Milano F.C. on July 14, 2005, for €12m and 50% rights of Goran Pandev. At the time, Pizarro claimed that he would like to retire in the nerazzurri shirt. Since joining Inter, he has not been a fixture in the first team. With Inter Pizarro won a Supercoppa and a Coppa Italia. In August 2006, he accepted a transfer to A.S. Roma, for €6.5m in co-ownership deal. [1]

After failing to qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Pizarro said he would be retiring from international play.

A.S. Roma - Current Squad
1 Curci | 2 Panucci | 3 Martinez | 5 Mexès | 7 Pizarro | 8 Aquilani | 9 Montella | 10 Totti | 11 Taddei | 12 Pipolo | 13 Chivu | 14 Faty | 16 De Rossi | 18 Virga | 19 Defendi | 20 Perrotta | 21 Ferrari | 22 Tonetto | 23 Vučinić | 24 Zotti | 27 Julio Sergio | 28 Rosi | 30 Mancini | 32 Doni | 35 Okaka | 77 Cassetti | Coach Spalletti