Nick Rizzo

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 four occasions in the Premier League season 1997/98. He was then lured to Crystal Palace by Terry Venables for two seasons and featured in 36 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 Rizzo was not offered a new contract at Perth Glory, and went on to sign a short-term deal for the Central Coast Mariners to play in their AFC Champions League campaign. It was announced on 20 May 2009, that Nick Rizzo's contract with Central Coast Mariners would not be re-signed. Rizzo went on to play for APIA Leichhardt Tigers until 2011. ==International career==

Nicky has represented Australia at the U17, U20, U23 level 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. ==Coaching career==

Since retiring Rizzo has set up his own soccer school named "Nick Rizzo International Football School". ==A-League career statistics==

(Correct as of 2 February 2009) ==Honours==

Australia U-20 • OFC U-19 Men's Championship: 1998 ==References==