Daniele De Rossi
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| Full name | Daniele De Rossi | |
| Date of birth | July 24, 1983 | |
| Place of birth | Rome, Italy | |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Roma | |
| Number | 16 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1997–2000 2000–2002 |
Ostia Mare Roma |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2002- | Roma | 160 (18) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2004- | Italy | 41 (7) |
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| Bronze | 2004 Athens | Team Competition | |
Daniele De Rossi, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI[1][2], (July 24, 1983) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer, who plays for AS Roma. He is a combative central midfielder and a strong tackler with an eye for goal. He is also a very good passer.
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[edit] Club career
De Rossi, born in Rome and a product of the A.S. Roma youth system (where his father, former Roma player Alberto De Rossi, is a coach), he gradually became a key midfield player for the club. Strong, with good vision on the ball and a combative mentality, he made his first-team debut on October 10, 2001 against Belgian side RSC Anderlecht in the UEFA Champions League. He made his Serie A debut on May 3, 2003; his first Serie A start, and his first goal, came one week later against Torino Calcio.
De Rossi was praised by referee Mauro Bergonzi after he had scored a goal with his hand in a match against Messina. Bergonzi allowed the goal until De Rossi showed a great piece of fair play when admitting to the referee that he had pushed the ball in with his hand, the goal was disallowed and Roma went on to win 2-1.
In the 2006–2007 season, De Rossi went on to score a wonderful 40 yard screamer against Fiorentina with Sébastien Frey in goal. From the central left side of the pitch he went on to accommodate the ball on his stronger right foot, and then took a shot which curved away from a shocked Frey, who got a slight touch on the ball, but couldn't stop it from going in. This was the first of three goals of the night for Roma, which set the game alight and inspired a 3-1 second half win over Fiorentina.
In the 2007-08 UEFA Champions League quarter-final, in which Roma were playing Manchester United, De Rossi missed a penalty which could have proved vital for Roma.
[edit] International career
De Rossi played many matches in the Italy national under-21 football team, winning as a regular the 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. In the same year, he collected a bronze medal with the Italy national football team at the Athens Olympics. A few weeks after returning from Greece, De Rossi earned his first cap in the senior squad, scoring on his debut in the 2006 World Cup qualifying game against Norway (2-1), at the age of 21.
De Rossi was named to the Italian national team in 2006. During a 2006 World Cup group play match against the United States, De Rossi received a straight red card after he elbowed Brian McBride in the face. McBride left the pitch bloodied, but returned after treatment and later required three stitches. De Rossi later apologized to McBride (who subsequently praised De Rossi as "classy" for approaching him after the match). [3] De Rossi was banned for four matches and fined CHF 10,000.[4]
After having been disqualified for four matches, De Rossi returned for Italy in the final, coming on as a substitute on the 61st minute for Roma team mate Francesco Totti. In the penalty shoot-out at the end of the match (which finished 1-1) De Rossi scored Italy's third penalty to help his country win their fourth FIFA World Cup.
De Rossi has played in all of Italy's Euro 2008 qualifying games, scoring a goal against Georgia, he has also been given the honour of wearing the number 10 shirt since team mate Francesco Totti has not returned to the Azzurri since the World Cup final.
In total he was capped 39 times for the Azzurri, scoring seven goals, He captained the team on three occasions: two friendly matches against South Africa on October 17, 2007 and Portugal on February 6, 2008, respectively, and in the Euro 2008 qualifier against the Faroe Islands. On June 17, during Euro 2008, De Rossi scored from a deflected freekick off Thierry Henry's left boot in a 2-0 win over France. This was his 5th international goal and guaranteed Italy's progress to the quarter finals. He missed Italy's second penalty against Spain in the penalty shootout that decided the Quarter Final. He scored his second double in the national team against Georgia on September 10, 2008.
[edit] Personal
- Is known as an active supporter of the Italian neo-fascist Forza Nuova political party.[5]
- Married Tamara Pisnoli, the mother of his daughter Gaia and ex-dancer of Mediaset, Sarabanda on May 18, 2006.
[edit] Honours
[edit] AS Roma
[edit] International
- FIFA World Cup:
- Winner: 2006
- UEFA Under-21 European Championship:
- Winner: 2004
- Football at the Summer Olympics:
- Bronze medal: 2004 Athens
[edit] Personal
- Italian Footballer of the Year (runner-up): 2007
[edit] Career statistics
[edit] Club
Updated to games played October 5, 2008.
| Team | Season | Serie A | Coppa Italia | European Competitions1 |
Other Tournaments2 | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| A.S. Roma | 2001-02 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 |
| 2002-03 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 2 | |
| 2003-04 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 27 | 1 | |
| 2004-05 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 38 | 4 | |
| 2005-06 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | 44 | 6 | |
| 2006-07 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 6 | |
| 2007-08 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 6 | |
| 2008-09 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | |
| Career Total | 160 | 18 | 33 | 3 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 234 | 27 | |
1European competitions include the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup
2Other tournaments include the Supercoppa Italiana
[edit] International goals
Updated to games played June 17, 2008.[6]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | September 4, 2004 | Palermo, Italy |  Norway |
2–1 | Win | FIFA World Cup 2006 Qualification |
| 2. | October 13, 2004 | Parma, Italy |  Belarus |
4–3 | Win | FIFA World Cup 2006 Qualification |
| 3. | March 1, 2006 | Florence, Italy |  Germany |
4–1 | Win | Friendly |
| 4. | October 11, 2006 | Tbilisi, Georgia |  Georgia |
1–3 | Win | UEFA Euro 2008 Qualification |
| 5. | June 17, 2008 | Zurich, Switzerland |  France |
2–0 | Win | UEFA Euro 2008 |
| 6. | September 10, 2008 | Udine, Italy | Georgia |
2–0 | Win | FIFA World Cup 2010 Qualification |
| 7. | September 10, 2008 | Udine, Italy | Georgia |
2–0 | Win | FIFA World Cup 2010 Qualification |
[edit] Trivia
- Is the son of the Alberto De Rossi, former player for Roma and coach of Primavera della Roma.
- Played as a striker for AS Ostiamare before joining the youth system of Roma.
- Debuted for Roma wearing number 27, which he wore for two seasons. After that, he switched over to the number 4, which he was also wearing during the FIFA World Cup in Germany in 2006. His current number is 16.
- Has a daughter, Gaia, born on June 16, 2005, which is the reason he switched over to wearing number 16 during the 2005–2006 season.
- Has been chosen as Pringles spokesperson for UEFA's Euro 2008 football championship, along with other top European football players such as Thierry Henry, Fernando Torres, Alexander Frei, Philipp Lahm, Michael Owen.
- Appears in an Adidas Dream Big Commercial along with Steven Gerrard, Michael Ballack, and David Beckham.
- De Rossi is nicknamed by the fans of A.S. Roma as 'Capitan Futuro' or 'Future Captain', double entendre for his probable seat as heir-apparent to the captain's armband from Francesco Totti. This is mainly due to their common Roman heritage and dedication to stay with the club as one-club men.
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| Preceded by Giampaolo Pazzini |
Serie A Young Footballer of the Year 2006 |
Succeeded by Riccardo Montolivo |
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