Giuseppe Rizza

Giuseppe Rizza (8 April 1987 – 6 July 2020) was an Italian footballer who played as a defender.

Rizza went through the Juventus youth system, and after graduating, was sold to Juve Stabia in the former Italian Serie C1 in a co-ownership deal. In June 2008, he returned to Juventus for €50,000, however, along with several other youth players, he was loaned out to Serie B teams. Rizza and Francesco Volpe were sold in co-ownership deals to A.S. Livorno Calcio. At the time, the team had recently been relegated to Serie B. Rizza made 7 league appearances for Livorno during the 2008–09 Serie B campaign.

In June 2008, Rizza was permanently sold to Livorno by Juventus for an undisclosed fee, with Juventus profiting €86,000. Upon his transfer to Livorno, Rizza was loaned out to A.C. Arezzo in July.

Rizza died in Catania, Italy, on 6 July 2020 due to complications from a ruptured brain aneurysm, he was 33.