Roberto Muzzi

Not to be confused with Roberto Mussi.

Roberto Muzzi

Personal information
Full name	Roberto Muzzi
Date of birth	21 September 1971 (1971-09-21)
Place of birth	Rome, Italy
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
	Roma
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1990-1993	Roma	55	(6)
1994	Pisa	23	(8)
1994	Roma	2	(0)
1995-1999	Cagliari	144	(58)
1999-2003	Udinese	102	(38)
2003-2005	Lazio	39	(4)
2005-2007	Torino	61	(11)
2007-2008	Padova	23	(4)
National team
1989	Italy U-18	5	(3)
1990-1994	Italy U-21	19	(4)
1992	Olympic Italy	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Roberto Muzzi (born 21 September 1971 in Rome) is an Italian retired football striker. During his career, he has played for several Italian clubs including A.S. Roma, Pisa Calcio, Cagliari Calcio, Udinese Calcio, and S.S. Lazio, being also part of the Italy U-21 team from 1990 to 1994 playing 19 matches and scoring 4 goals.He was known for his electrifying speed.

Career

Muzzi started his career with AS Roma, making his debut in Serie A on 11 February 1990, in a league match against Inter ended in a 1-1 tie, and scoring his first goal the following season.

He was then loaned to Serie B club Pisa in November 1993, where he scored 8 goals in 23 games. He then returned to Roma only to be sold in November 1994 to Cagliari, where he then spent four seasons, playing a total 144 games with 31 Serie A goals and 17 in Serie B.

He then joined Udinese in 1999-2000, spending four more seasons with the zebrette, playing 103 games and scoring 39 goals. He then returned to Rome to join Lazio in 2003–04, not playing football as a regular but being often decisive on the pitch, also scoring a relegation escape goal in 2004-05. On September 2005 he joined Torino of Serie B, being protagonist of the granata's return to the top flight. His second season with Torino, now in Serie A, saw Muzzi scoring only 3 goals.

On September 2006, at the age of 35, and after having turned down a youth coach role at Torino, he agreed a two-year contract with Serie C1's Padova. On October 2008 he announced his retirement from active football.

External links

• Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport