Paolo Rozzio (born 22 July 1992) is an Italian footballer who plays for club

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. He plays as

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and, since 2020 he is the Granata's Club captain.

Biography

Youth career

Born in

Savigliano Savigliano () is a of Piedmont, Northern Italy, in the Province of Cuneo, about south of Turin by rail. It is home to ironworks, foundries, locomotive works (once owned by Fiat Ferroviaria, now by Alstom) and silk manufactures, as well as sugar ...

, the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Rozzio started his career at

Juventus Juventus Football Club (; from , ), commonly known as Juventus or colloquially as Juve (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Turin, Piedmont, who compete in Serie A, the ...

. Rozzio played for the Turin club () until 2005–06 season. Before he left the club, he was the member of ''Giovanissimi Regionali'' U14 team. He started for Juve in ''Pulcini A'' team in 2002–03 season. In 2006 Rozzio left for CBS Scuola Calcio (name after Cavoretto, Borgo Po and San Salvario, 3 locality of Turin), a Turin-based club which signed an partnership agreement with

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. He was selected to Piedmont ''Giovanissimi'' representative team for 2007 Coppa Nazionale Primavera. Rozzio played for its ''Allievi Regionali'' U17 team in 2007–08 season, despite he was eligible to ''Allievi Regionali Fascia B'' U16. Rozzio left for

Canavese Canavese ( French: ''Canavais''; Piedmontese: ''Canavèis'') is a subalpine geographical and historical area of North-West Italy which lies today within the Metropolitan City of Turin in Piedmont. Its main town is Ivrea and it is famous for its c ...

in 2008. Rozzio was the member of ''Allievi'' U17 team and the reserve in 2008–09

Campionato Nazionale Allievi Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio (English translation: Sammarinese Football Championship) is the highest competition for Association football, football clubs located at the only level of the San Marino, Sammarinese Football in San Marino, footb ...

and 2009–10 Campionato Berretti respectively. In January 2010 Rozzio was signed by

Torino F.C. Torino Football Club (), colloquially referred to as Toro, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont that currently plays in the Serie A, the highest football league of Italy. Founded in 1906 as ''Foot-Ball Club Torin ...

in 6-month loan, he was the member of the reserve in Campionato Primavera. He only played twice for Torino reserve.

Canavese

In 2010 Rozzio returned to San Giusto of

area at age 18. He made his professional debut with FC Canavese on 15 August 2010, a

2010–11 Coppa Italia Lega Pro 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...

match. He also played the next cup matches but rested for the rest. The club finished as the fourth (last) of Group A. He also received international youth caps during 2010–11 season, rejoining fellow Torino youth product

Simone Benedetti Simone Benedetti (born 3 April 1992) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for club Lucchese. He is the son of former Italian football player, Silvano Benedetti. Club career Torino He grew up from an early age in t ...

(centre-back). He played all 3 matches in

2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship elite qualification 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (Elite Round) was the second round of qualifications for the final tournament of 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. The 28 teams that advanced from the qualifying round were distributed into seven gr ...

Fiorentina

In April 2011 the club agreed to sell Rozzio to Serie A club

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, rejoining another youth international team-mate Michele Camporese (centre-back) and

Cristiano Piccini Cristiano Piccini (; born 26 September 1992) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Swiss club Yverdon. Club career Fiorentina Born in Florence, Piccini joined Fiorentina's youth setup in 2002, aged ten, after starti ...

. The deal effective on 1 July 2011, with €250,000 transfer fee. He signed a 5-year contract. Canavese folded at the start of 2011–12 season. Despite received no.39 shirt of the first team, Rozzio played all 26 matches of the reserve, as well as 2 matches in the first and second round of the playoffs round of 2011–12 Campionato Primavera.

Pisa

On 29 June 2012 he went a loan to

Pisa Pisa ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Tuscany, Central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for the Leaning Tow ...

. On 13 July 2013 was renewed the loan to Pisa. On 21 July 2014 he buy definitely by Pisa.

Reggiana

On 9 August 2016 Rozzio was signed by Reggiana .

Honours

Supercoppa Primavera The Supercoppa Primavera is an Italian youth teams football match played by the winners of the Campionato Primavera championship and the winners of the Coppa Italia Primavera at the beginning of the season. The competition has been held since 20 ...

: 2011 (Fiorentina U20)

References

External links

Lega Serie A Profile

FIGC
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rozzio, Paolo 1992 births Footballers from the Province of Cuneo Living people Italian men's footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Men's association football central defenders Torino FC players FC Canavese players ACF Fiorentina players Pisa SC players AC Reggiana 1919 players Serie B players Serie C players 21st-century Italian sportsmen