David Pizarro
Personal information
Full name	David Marcelo Pizarro Cortes
Date of birth	11 September 1979 (1979--) (age 28)
Place of birth	Valparaiso, Chile
Height	1.70 m (5' 7")
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	AS Roma
Number	7
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997-1998 1999-2000 2001-2001 2001-2005 2005-2006 2006-present	Santiago Wanderers Udinese Universidad de Chile Udinese Inter Milan AS Roma	41 (3) 9 (0) 6 (1) 117 (14) 24 (3) 32 (4)
National team2
1999-	Chile	36 (2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 August 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 27 October 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Olympic medal record
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Men's Football
Bronze	2000 Sydney	Team Competition

David Marcelo Pizarro Cortes (born September 11, 1979 in Valparaiso, Chile) is a Chilean international football player, who was a member of the national squad competing at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He currently plays for Serie A giants A.S. Roma.

He usually plays as a deep lying playmaker but is often deployed further forward. He has outstanding vision, further helped with accurate passing.

He started his career as a playmaking midfielder with the Santiago Wanderers in Valparaiso, Chile. Then he had a short but successful spell with South American team Universidad de Chile, where he debuted at the Copa Libertadores.

He had his first shot at European football with Udinese Calcio in Serie A. After experiencing great success with Udinese under the guide of master tactician Luciano Spalletti, Pizarro signed a four year contract with Internazionale Milano F.C. on July 14, 2005, for €12m and 50% of the rights of Goran Pandev, currently at SS Lazio. At the time, Pizarro claimed that he would like to retire in the nerazzurri shirt. However, he could hardly break into the starting XI of the Milan club. During his only season with Inter (2005-2006), Pizarro won the Italian championship (due to the aftermath of the Italian football scandal, known as Calciopoli), a Supercoppa and a Coppa Italia. In August 2006, he accepted a transfer to scudetto rivals A.S. Roma for €6.5m in a co-ownership deal. [1], reuniting with former Udinese boss Luciano Spalletti, now in charge of the capital club. Following the success of the 2006-2007 season for Roma, which saw the team get to the quarterfinals of the Champions League finishing second in Serie A, and defeating former club Inter 7-4 on aggregate to win the Coppa Italiam Roma announced on 20 June 2007 that it would pay €5.75m to Inter over the next three seasons for its remaining share of Pizarro, who had played an important role in the club's successes. [2].

After failing to qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Pizarro said he would be retiring from international play. There were two main reasons for his decision: he disliked the seriousness of ex-coach Juvenal Olmos and the ex-president of the association Reinaldo Sanchez. Another main reason was the lack of compromise and responsibility from some or many of his other team mates, that took playing football as a mere reason for gaining popularity. He also claimed he wished to spend more time with his family.

External links

A.S. Roma (current squad)
1 Curci • 2 Panucci • 3 Cicinho • 4 Juan • 5 Mexs • 7 Pizarro • 8 Aquilani • 9 Vučinić • 10 Totti • 11 Taddei • 13 Andreolli • 14 Giuly • 15 Antunes • 16 De Rossi • 18 Esposito • 20 Perrotta • 21 Ferrari • 22 Tonetto • 25 Zotti • 26 Piţ • 27 Jlio Srgio • 29 Barusso • 30 Mancini • 32 Doni • 33 Brighi • 77 Cassetti • Coach: Spalletti