Mauro Rizzo (born 15 June 1984) is a

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from Italy. He has played as a defender for the

U.S. Lecce Unione Sportiva Lecce, commonly referred to as Lecce (), is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia. The club play in Serie A in the 2022–23 season, the top level of the Italian football pyramid, having been promoted from Serie B. ...

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, Bellaria,

Andria Andria (; Barese: ) is a city and ''comune'' in Apulia ( southern Italy). It is an agricultural and service center, producing wine, olives and almonds. It is the fourth-largest municipality in the Apulia region (behind Bari, Taranto, and Fogg ...

, and

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Career

Born in

Galatina Galatina ( el, label=Griko, Ας Πέτρο, As Pètro; scn, label=Salentino, San Pietru), known before the unification of Italy as San Pietro in Galatina, is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Lecce in Apulia, southern Italy. It is situated ...

, the

Province of Lecce The Province of Lecce ( it, Provincia di Lecce; Salentino: ) is a province in the Apulia region of Italy whose capital is the city of Lecce. The province is called the "Heel of Italy". Located on the Salento peninsula, it is the second most-p ...

, Rizzo started his career at

in 2001. There, his first and only match played was the last match of the 2001-2002 season, with a 0–3 loss to

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after replacing Alberto Savino in the 88th minute. In the summer of 2002, he was exchanged with

Cesare Bovo Cesare Bovo (born 14 January 1983) is an Italian retired professional footballer who played as a centre back. Club career Early career Bovo grew up playing in the A.S. Roma youth system, while in the 2001–02 season he only played a game in ...

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in a co-ownership (i.e. 50%) deal, and both tagged for €3M for 50% of the players' rights. He played a season with Roma's Primavera team. In July 2003, he was loaned back to Lecce and bought back in June 2004 for €40,000. Co-currently, Bovo, who was already a regular member of the Italy U21 team, returned to Roma for just €10,000. Rizzo was sent to Bellaria on loan during the 2004–05 season, but returned to Lecce in January 2005. In January 2006, he left for Serie C2 side Andria BAT. In summer 2006, Andria formed a co-ownership deal with Lecce and played 26 league matches. In June 2007, Roma gave up their remaining rights of Rizzo to Andria. He played 1 more season for Andria at Serie C2 then joined

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(ex-Serie C2)

after Andria were relegated (Andria were later re-admitted to the league). He left Melfi in the summer of 2009 to join Atletico Tricase and played there for a season. He left Tricase the following year to join AS Bisceglie 1913. His last known club was Atletico Racale. He is currently without a club.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rizzo, Mauro Italian men's footballers Serie A players US Lecce players AS Roma players Fidelis Andria 2018 players Men's association football defenders Footballers from the Province of Lecce 1984 births Living people AC Bellaria Igea Marina players AS Melfi players 21st-century Italian people