Nick Rizzo
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| Nick Rizzo | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicholas Anthony Rizzo | |
| Date of birth | June 9, 1979 | |
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |
| Playing position | Left Winger | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Perth Glory | |
| Number | 16 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1995-1996 | Sydney Olympic | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1996-1998 1998-2000 2000-2003 2001 2003-2004 2004-2007 2007 2007 2007-present |
Liverpool FC Crystal Palace Ternana → AC Ancona (loan) AC Prato Milton Keynes Dons → Grimsby Town (loan) → Chesterfield (loan) Perth Glory |
0 (0) 58 (3) 1 (0) 1 (0) 26 (5) 63 (7) 1 (0) 4 (0) 12 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1995 1999 2000 1998 |
 Australia U-17 Australia U-20 Australia U-23 Australia |
8 1 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Nick Rizzo (born June 9, 1979 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian Football (soccer) player who is currently playing for A-League team Perth Glory.
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[edit] Club career
After being educated at playing school football at Waverley College in Sydney, Rizzo arrived in England in 1996 joining Liverpool FC. He never played in the first team but was an unused substitute on six occasions in the Premier League. From there he moved to Crystal Palace for two seasons and featured in 58 games before moving to Italian Serie B side Ternana in 2000. Following three injury plagued seasons in Italy he joined Milton Keynes Dons 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 Nicky, 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 Chesterfield in 2007. It was announced on 8 May 2007 that Rizzo's contract with the Dons had been terminated by mutual consent. He then signed a two-year contract with Perth Glory on the 19th of May 2007 and made his Perth Glory debut on the 26th of August 2007 coming on in the 69th minute for Naum Sekulovski in the game against the Newcastle Jets. [1]
[edit] International career
Nicky has represented Australia at the U17, U20, U23 and is a full Australian international when he played for the Socceroos against Croatia in 1998. He also played in the 2000 Olympics for the Australian U23 team which failed to go past the group stages.
[edit] A-League career statistics
(Correct as of 10 June 2008)
| Club | Season | League | Finals | Asia | Total | ||||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Perth Glory | 2007–08 | 12 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 12 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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