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) | ||
| Playing position | Left-winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1996 | Sydney Olympic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1998 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Crystal Palace | 35 | (1) |
| 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 | 240 | (31) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1995 | Australia U-17 | 7 | (2) |
| 1999 | Australia U-20 | 6 | (1) |
| 2000 | Australia U-23 | 9 | (4) |
| 1998 | Australia | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 October 2013. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 January 2008 |
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Nicholas Anthony "Nick" Rizzo also referred to as Nicky Rizzo (born 9 June 1979) is an Australian former footballer. Rizzo began his career in England with Liverpool, however, he made his professional debut for Crystal Palace where he featured in the Premier League. He then moved to Italy and played with Ternana, AC Ancona and AC Prato before returning to England with Milton Keynes Dons, Grimsby Town and Chesterfield. He has since played in his native land for Perth Glory, Central Coast Mariners and APIA Leichhardt Tigers. He has been capped once for Australia.
After being educated at playing school football at Waverley College in Sydney, Rizzo arrived in England in 1996 joining English giants Liverpool. Although not capped in the first team, the then 18 year old was an unused substitute on six occasions in the Premier League season 1997/98. He was then lured to Crystal Palace by Terry Venables for two seasons and featured in 35 league games before moving to Italian Serie B side Ternana in 2000. At Palace he scored three times; once in the league against Norwich City and twice in a League Cup tie against Colchester United (once in the first leg and once in the second leg).
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