 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Akaberekerwa muGalatina, Dunhu reLecce, Rizzo akatanga basa rake kuU.S. Lecce muna 2001. Ikoko, mutambo wake wokutanga uye wokupedzisira wakaitirwa waiva mutambo wokupedzisira wegore ra2001-2002mwaka, nekurasikirwa ne03 kuAC Milan mushure mekutsiva Alberto Savino muminiti ye88th. Muzhizha ra2002, akachinjaniswa naCesare Bovo weA.S. Roma muchibvumirano chekubatana kureva 50, uye vese vakatengesa 3M ye50 yekodzero dzevatambi. Akatamba mwaka nechikwata cheRoma chePrimavera. Muna Chikunguru 2003, akakweretwa kudzokera kuLecce uye akatenga zvakare muna Chikumi 2004 ne 40,000. Panguva imwecheteyo, Bovo, uyo akanga atova nhengo yenguva dzose yeItaly U21 team, akadzokera kuRoma nokuda kwe 10,000 chete. 