Fabrizio Casazza

Fabrizio Casazza

Personal information
Date of birth	(1970-09-16) 16 September 1970
Place of birth	Genoa, Italy
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1988–1989	Biellese
1989–1990	Sampdoria
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1991	Fidelis Andria	1	(0)
1991–1994	Pro Sesto	73	(0)
1994–1996	Verona	47	(0)
1996–1999	Torino	50	(0)
1999–2000	Venezia	14	(0)
2000–2003	Sampdoria	10	(0)
2003–2005	Lazio	3	(0)
2005–2006	Pavia	50	(0)
2007	Udinese	1	(0)
2008	Caravaggese	14	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fabrizio Casazza (born 16 September 1970) is an Italian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Playing career

Casazza started his career at Sampdoria, but spent his career at Serie C1 for Fidelis Andria and Pro Sesto.

He transferred to Verona in 1994, started his first Serie B season. He then played for Torino (Serie B) and Venezia (Serie A) before rejoin U.C. Sampdoria in 2000, to play second goalkeeper role, behind Matteo Sereni (2000–01), Luca Mondini (2001–02) and Luigi Turci (2002–03).

He was signed by S.S. Lazio in 2003, and played for 2 years, as Angelo Peruzzi and Sereni backup. He played his only match at UEFA Cup on 4 November 2004.

He then joined Serie C1 team Pavia.

On 17 January 2007, A.C. Milan signed Marco Storari from Messina, and Messina signed Gabriele Paoletti on 19 January from Udinese to replace the 1st choice place.

To provide extra cover for Morgan De Sanctis, Casazza was signed for Udinese on 24 January.

Coaching career

After retiring as a goalkeeper, Casazza took management duties at Genoa amateurs Bolzanetese in 2008–09. From July 2009 he is goalkeeper coach at Virtus Entella.

External links

• (in Italian) SSLazio.it
• (in Italian) Profile at calciatori.com
• (in Italian) Profile at tuttocalciatori.com