Antonio Rozzi was born in Rome on May 28, 1994.
He spent his childhood days with Casal Monastero, Lodigiani and Lazio who he joined at seven. He went through all the various age groups with the Lazio academy and in 2011-12 joined the first team squad.
He made his debut on February 1, 2012, in a home win against Milan, replacing Tommaso Rocchi towards the end. On February 23 he made his European debut in the return leg against Atlético Madrid. He made a total of 4 appearances under manager Edy Reja and Lazio finished 4th.
The following season under Vladimir Petković he made no league appearances but played 1 game in Coppa Italia and 3 in the Europa League. Lazio finished 7th but triumphed in the historic Coppa Italia final beating city rivals Roma 1-0. In the same season he won the Primavera Scudetto with the U19's as captain.
In the summer of 2013 he was loaned to Real Madrid Castilla in the Spanish 2nd tier. He played 10 league games.
He then joined Bari in Serie B. He played 9 league games under Davide Nicola and the Galletti finished 10th. Rozzi however left in January. One of his teammates was a young Gaetano Castrovilli, until recently at Lazio.
In January 2015 he moved to Virtus Entella (Chiavari-Liguria) in Serie B, still on loan. He only played 6 league games and the Black Devils finished 18th.
Next, he joined Virtus Lanciano in Serie B on loan but only played 1 league game before leaving in January.
As we can see his career was not really taking off. He now went down a tier and joined Siena in Lega pro (3rd tier) on loan. He played 12 games for Robur and they finished 6th.
In 2016-17 he spent a season with Lupa Roma in Lega Pro. He played 10 league games for the Romans who were relegated to Serie D.
At this point he returned to Lazio in 2017-18. The manager was Simone Inzaghi and Lazio finished 5th, Rozzi did not feature at all but played for the Primavera.
In December 2018 he signed for Qormi in the Maltese First Division. He played 11 league games and finally scored some goals, four.
In December 2020 he joined Trastevere, in Rome, in Serie D but only played 1 league game.
He then spent a season with Sant Julià in Andorra, one with Ferentino near Rome in the 5th tier and currently plays for the Luiss University of Rome team in the 5th tier.
Rozzi is a forward. He was considered a possible future star at Lazio in his youth but never fulfilled the expectations. His appearances for Italy at youth level confirm the hopes many had for him. He played for the U16s (2 games), U17s (2 games, 1 goal), U18s (9 games, 1 goal), U19s (7 games, 3 goals), U20s (4 games, 1 goal), U21s (3 games, 1 goal) plus 1 game with 1 goal for the Italy B side.
He will always be able to say he was part of the squad that won the 2013 Coppa Italia against Roma!
Lazio Career
Season | Total games | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Europa Leage |
2011-12 | 4 | 3 | - | 1 |
2012-13 | 4 | - | 1 | 3 |
Total | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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