Ruggiero Rizzitelli

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Ruggiero Rizzitelli
Personal information
Full name Ruggiero Rizzitelli
Date of birth September 2, 1967 (1967-09-02) (age 40)
Place of birth    Margherita di Savoia, Italy
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Striker
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1984-1988
1988-1994
1994-1996
1996-1998
1998-2000
2000-2001		 Cesena
AS Roma
Torino
FC Bayern Munich
Piacenza
Cesena		 062 0(7)
154 (29)
060 (30)
045 (11)
033 0(1)
014 0(6)   
National team2
1988-1991 Italy 009 0(2)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of July 12, 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Ruggiero Rizzitelli (born September 2, 1967 in Margherita di Savoia, Foggia) is a former Italian football (soccer) player, in the role of striker.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Club

Rizzitelli started his professional career for Serie B team Cesena during the 1984-85 season, making his Serie A debut in the 1987-88 season. He played four seasons with the small side from Emilia-Romagna before joining AS Roma in 1988, where he scored a total of 29 goals in six seasons with the giallorossi, winning a Coppa Italia in 1991. From 1994 to 1996 he then played for Torino, scoring a very impressive 30 goals in 60 appearances with the granata. Despite his good performances, Torino relegated to Serie B in 1996, and Rizzitelli agreed for a move to German team FC Bayern Munich, then coached by fellow Italian Giovanni Trapattoni. He seldom appeared as a regular starter on the Bayern Munich team sheet, but proved to be a more than useful player on the bench, thanks to his quickness that made him skillful and dangerous on the counter-attack. He scored a total of 11 goals in 45 appearances with the Bavarian team, winning a Bundesliga title in 1997 and a DFB-Pokal (German Cup) in 1998. He returned to Italy in 1998 to join Piacenza where he however failed to impress. Rizzitelli retired in 2001 after a season with Cesena.

[edit] International

Rizzitelli received a total of nine caps with the Italian team, making his debut on February 20, 1988 in a friendly match against USSR, played at Stadio San Nicola, Bari and won 4-1 by the azzurri.[1] He scored a total of two goals with the Italian team.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Italia1910.com. Italia - URSS: 4-1, 20/02/1988 (Italian). Retrieved on 2007-06-30.

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