Riccardo Marchizza (born 26 March 1998) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Frosinone Frosinone (; local dialect: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region of Lazio, administrative seat of the province of Frosinone. It is about southeast of Rome, close to the Rome-Naples A1 Motorway. The city is the main city of th ...

Club career

Roma

Born in Rome in 1998, Marchizza joined

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's youth academy in 2006, at the age of eight. In July 2016, Marchizza was called up for Roma's first team during the pre-season training camp and scored the winning goal in a friendly game against

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. On 8 December 2016, Marchizza made his senior debut against

Astra Giurgiu Asociația Fotbal Club Astra Giurgiu (), commonly known as Astra Giurgiu or simply Astra, was a Romanian football club last based in the city of Giurgiu, Giurgiu County. Founded in 1921 in Ploiești as ''Clubul Sportiv Astra-Română'', it spe ...

on matchday six of the

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group stage; with Roma already advanced, he replaced Emerson in the 89th minute.

Sassuolo

In July 2017, Marchizza and Davide Frattesi were signed by

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for a total fee of €8 million, as part of the deal for Grégoire Defrel. In August 2017, Marchizza was loaned to

club

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. ...

. On 25 July 2018, he signed with

Crotone Crotone (; ; or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Calabria, Italy. Founded as the Achaean colony of Kroton ( or ; ), it became a great Greek city, home of the renowned mathematician-philosopher Pythagoras amongst other famous citizens, and one ...

on loan until 30 June 2019. On 15 July 2019, he joined

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on loan.

International career

Marchizza took part at the

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with the Italy U20 team, reaching the third place. He made his debut with the Italy U21 team on 11 September 2018, in a friendly match won 3–1 against

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Italy U20 *

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bronze medals:

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marchizza, Riccardo Living people 1998 births Italian men's footballers Footballers from Rome Men's association football defenders Italy men's youth international footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Serie A players Serie B players AS Roma players US Avellino 1912 players FC Crotone players Spezia Calcio players Empoli FC players Frosinone Calcio players 21st-century Italian sportsmen