Gildo Rizzato

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Gildo Rizzato
Personal information
Full name Gildo Rizzato
Date of birth (1948-02-02) 2 February 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth Montagnana, Italy
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Montagnana
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1964-1965 Legnago ? (0?)
1965-1966 Spal ? (0?)
1966-1967 Legnago
1967-1969 Spal 11 (0)
1969-1971 Empoli 41 (9)
1971-1973 Triestina 29 (3)
1973 Toronto Italia
1973-1975 Sangiovannese 44 (1)
1975-1977 Nuovo Monselice
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gildo Rizzato (born 2 February 1948) is an Italian former footballer who played as a forward.

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Career

Rizzato played at the youth level with A.C. Montagnana. [1] In 1964, he played with F.C. Legnago Salus, and the following season with S.P.A.L. [1] He returned to Legnago in 1966, and had another stint with SPAL in the Serie A in 1967. [2] In 1968, he played in the Serie B with SPAL, and in 1969 he played in the Serie C with Empoli F.C. [3] He played in the Serie D with U.S. Triestina Calcio 1918, and assisted in securing promotion by winning the league title. [4] [5]

In the summer of 1973 he played abroad in the National Soccer League with Toronto Italia. [6] In late 1973, he played with A.S.D. Sangiovannese 1927, and later played with A.S.D. Nuovo Monselice Calcio. [1]

Managerial career

Rizzato became the president for Abano Calcio in 1991, and in 2019 he was named the honorary president for the club. [7] [8]

Personal life

In 1987, he founded GR Bike a company that markets cycle sport. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Cover Story - Gildo Rizzato". Abano Calcio (in Italian). 2015-08-26. Archived from the original on 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  2. ↑ "Figurine Panini, l'inedita gaffe Vendrame-Rizzato sull'album di 50 anni fa". FIRSTonline (in Italian). 2017-12-02. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  3. ↑ "Calcio-seriea.net - Scheda giocatore - Rizzato Gildo". calcio-seriea.net. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  4. ↑ "statistiche storia triestina". users.libero.it. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  5. ↑ "Stagione 1971 - 1972". www.unionetriestina.it. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  6. ↑ Waring, Ed (July 19, 1973). "13,334 fans switch their cheers to local team: Rizzato's goals win--for Combines, not Italians". The Globe and Mail . p. 42.
  7. ↑ "Preto avverte il Legnago Attenzione al Cerea". Archived from the original on December 14, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Rivoluzione in casa Abano: Rizzato lascia dopo 27 anni. Società a Curti e Cecconello". Il Mattino di Padova (in Italian). 2019-05-09. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  9. ↑ "GRBIKE". www.grbike.com. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
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