Sal Zizzo
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Salvatore Zizzo Jr. | ||
| Date of birth | April 3, 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | San Diego, California, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Winger, Fullback | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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New York Red Bulls | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2006 | UCLA Bruins | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | Orange County Blue Star | 13 | (5) |
| 2007–2010 | Hannover 96 II | 45 | (8) |
| 2007–2010 | Hannover 96 | 8 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2010 | Chivas USA | 10 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Portland Timbers | 60 | (2) |
| 2014 | Sporting Kansas City | 19 | (0) |
| 2015– | New York Red Bulls | 57 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007 | United States U20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2008 | United States U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2007 | United States | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:19, 6 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 30, 2010 |
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Salvatore "Sal" Zizzo Jr. (born April 3, 1987) is an American soccer player who plays for New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer.
Zizzo attended Patrick Henry High School, where he played soccer and baseball. As a baseball center fielder, he was a four-year letterman and voted first-team All-CIF his junior year. He also excelled in soccer, he was voted All-CIF honors four years straight (2002–05). He played club soccer for Hotspurs USA (El Cajon, CA), and was a member of his region's Olympic Development Program (ODP) team. Zizzo then went on to play two years of college soccer at UCLA. At UCLA he was an NCSAA/adidas All-American as a freshman in 2005. Zizzo was also selected as Pac10 Freshman Player of the Year the same year. In 2006, UCLA reached the College Cup vs. Santa Barbara in St. Louis.
During his college years he also played two seasons with senior amateur team Orange County Blue Star in the USL Premier Development League.
Zizzo left college early and turned professional in July 2007 after a successful U20 World Cup in Canada for the United States. He signed to German Bundesliga club Hannover 96, for a three-year contract. Zizzo made his Bundesliga debut for Hannover on May 10, 2008 in a match against Werder Bremen. In October 2009, Zizzo suffered an ACL injury and missed the entire 2009–10 season. During his stay at the club he was a regular starter for the reserve side, Hannover 96 II, appearing in 45 league matches and scoring 8 goals.
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