Simone Rizzato (born 21 September 1981) is a retired Italian professional

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

player. A

left midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

, he was the former

captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police depa ...

Reggina Calcio Associazione Sportiva Reggina 1914, commonly referred to as Reggina, is an Italian football club based in Reggio Calabria. They play their home matches at the 27,763 seater Stadio Oreste Granillo and are currently playing in the Serie D leagu ...

Career

Rizzato made his debut in

Serie C2 Serie C2 was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Serie C. The league menaging t ...

with

Fano Fano () is a city and ''comune'' of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy. It is a beach resort southeast of Pesaro, located where the ''Via Flaminia'' reaches the Adriatic Sea. It is the third city in the region by pop ...

at the age of 17. In July 2001 he moved to

Vis Pesaro Vis Pesaro dal 1898 S.r.l., commonly referred to as Vis Pesaro, is an Italian association football club located in Pesaro, Marche. The club currently plays in Serie C. The team is the largest in the city and among the oldest in Italy. Vis Pesa ...

where he played for two seasons in

Serie C1 Serie C1 was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Se ...

. In July 2003 he was acquired by

Torino Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...

where in a season and a half he played 30 matches in

Serie B The Serie B (), officially known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had b ...

, before moving to Chievo Verona on loan, where he remained a few months without ever debuting in

Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...

. In August 2005 he was back in

with

Catanzaro Catanzaro (; or ; ), also known as the "City of the two Seas" (), is an Italian city of 86,183 inhabitants (2020), the capital of the Calabria region and of its province and the second most populated comune of the region, behind Reggio Calabr ...

and the following January he played once again in

with

Perugia Perugia ( , ; ; ) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area. It has 162,467 ...

. In July 2006 he joined

Ancona Ancona (, also ; ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region of central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona, homonymous province and of the region. The city is located northeast of Ro ...

where he played for two seasons as a starter in

, after which obtained promotion to

. In July 2009 he was bought by Reggina and he played 40 matches in domestic league competitions. On the first match day of the 2011–12

season ( Reggina–

Modena Modena (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It has 184,739 inhabitants as of 2025. A town, and seat of an archbis ...

) he scored his first goal with the amaranth jersey; the game ended in a 4–1 win for Reggina. In the same season he became team

. In June 2017, he joined

Avellino Avellino () is a city and ''comune'', capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento. ...

. After the 2018–19 season, 37-year old Rizzato decided to leave professional football and left

to join ASD Atletico Gallo Colbordolo. In May 2022, he announced his retirement.Trapani, l’ex Rizzato annuncia il ritiro
trapanigranata.it, 14 May 2022

References

External links

*
Simone Rizzato
at TuttoCampo {{DEFAULTSORT:Rizzato, Simone 1981 births Living people Italian men's footballers Italian expatriate men's footballers Footballers from the Province of Latina Men's association football midfielders People from Terracina Alma Juventus Fano 1906 players Vis Pesaro dal 1898 players Torino FC players AC ChievoVerona players US Catanzaro 1929 players AC Perugia Calcio players AC Ancona players AS Reggina 1914 players FC Trapani 1905 players US Avellino 1912 players AC Virtus players Serie B players Serie C players Eccellenza players Italian expatriate sportspeople in San Marino Expatriate men's footballers in San Marino 21st-century Italian sportsmen