Juan Pablo Carrizo was born in Santa Fe, Argentina, on May 6, 1984.
At 17 he joined the River Plate youth academy and then joined the first team squad in 2004. He made his debut in 2005-06 and went on to play 76 games for "Los Millonarios" over the next three seasons. In 2008 he won the Clausura title.
In 2008 he arrived at Lazio. In reality the Romans had signed him a year earlier but due to bureaucratic problems he had to stay at River for one more season.
He was welcomed with great enthusiasm in Rome and was Claudio Lotito's most expensive signing so far in his four-year ownership. Lazio were convinced he was the top goalkeeper they had been waiting for since Angelo Peruzzi's retirement.
The manager was Delio Rossi and Carrizo made his debut in a cup game against Benevento on August 23. His performances however were not particularly convincing, he was often hesitant coming off his line or overconfident with the ball when challenged by opposition forwards. After a heavy 1-4 home defeat to Cagliari, he lost his place to Uruguayan Fernando Muslera. Carrizo then only played the last three league games of the season. In total he played 23 league games and 1 in Coppa Italia. The season ended with Lazio triumphing in the Coppa Italia but the penalty shootout hero was Muslera not Carrizo. In Serie A the Biancocelesti finished 10th.
In the summer he was loaned to Saragozza as part of the Francelino Matuzalém deal. In Aragon he started as first choice but there too was then relegated to the bench. He played 16 league games and 1 in the Copa del Rey.
Lazio then loaned him back to River Plate where in January he suffered a serious ankle injury which kept him out for 3 months. When he returned, he made several howlers, including one against Boca Juniors. To make things worse he had a run in with manager Ubaldo Filol who resigned and River were also relegated.
At this point he came back to Lazio to become third keeper behind Federico Marchetti and Albano Bizzarri. He played 2 league games before being loaned to Catania in January 2012. In Sicily he played 14 league games under manager Vincenzo Montella and the Elephants finished a positive 11th.
In 2012-13 he was back at Lazio for the third time. He only played 1 Coppa Italia game under Vladimir Petkovic before leaving for Inter in January. He therefore missed out on Lazio's epic Coppa Italia win against Roma. He did contribute to the eventual triumph by helping Lazio win a penalty shootout against Siena in the last 16 in which he saved two penalties.
He stayed in Milan with Inter for four and a half seasons. He was Samir Handanovic' reserve and in total played 27 games (9 in A, 7 in CI and 11 in EL). Inter finished 9th, 5th, 8th, 4th and 7th. His managers were Andrea Stramaccioni, Walter Mazzarri, Roberto Mancini and then in his last year, Frank de Boer, Stefano Vecchi and Stefano Pioli. At the end of his contract, he moved to Mexico.
In 2017-18 he played for Monterrey. He played 26 total games for the Albiazules before leaving in December 2018. He won an Apertura title in 2017.
His last club was Cerro Porteño in Paraguay. He played a total of 41 games before retiring at 35.
Carrizo earned 12 caps for Argentina and won a silver medal at the 2017 Copa América.
Carrizo was a physical goalkeeper at 1.89 and 88 kilos. He had talent, strength, good feet but for one reason or another never imposed himself as a reliable keeper.
At Lazio, also due to the lengthy wait, when he arrived, he was treated like a superstar. Unfortunately, this did not last long and he was a huge disappointment. His legacy is his two superb penalty saves in Coppa Italia without which there would have been no May 26, 2013, an eternal date in all Laziali's hearts.
Lazio Career
Season | Appearances | Serie A | Coppa Italia |
2008-09 | 24 | 23 | 1 |
2011-12 | 2 | 2 | - |
2012-13 | 1 | - | 1 |
Total | 27 | 25 | 2 |
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