Daniele De Rossi
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| Full name | Daniele De Rossi | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 July 1983 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lido di Ostia, Italy | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Defensive Midfielder | |||||||||||
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| Current club | Roma | |||||||||||
| Number | 16 | |||||||||||
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| 1997–2000 | Ostiamare | |||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Roma | |||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||
| 2001– | Roma | 194 | (23) | |||||||||
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| 2004– | Italy | 51 | (8) | |||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 October 2009. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Daniele De Rossi, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI[1][2] (born 24 July 1983 in Lido di Ostia) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Roma and the Italian national team.
De Rossi is nicknamed by the Roma fans as "Capitan Futuro" or "Captain Future", 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 shared dedication to stay with the club as one club men.
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[edit] Club career
De Rossi joined the youth system of Roma from Ostiamare where he had played as a striker in 2000. He made his first-team debut on 10 October 2001 against Belgian side RSC Anderlecht in the Champions League. He made his Serie A debut on 3 May 2003; his first Serie A start, and his first goal, came one week later against Torino.
In March 2006, De Rossi was praised by referee Mauro Bergonzi for fair play [3]. Roma were trailing 1-0 in a Serie A match against Messina, when De Rossi scored a goal with his hand, Bergonzi did not see the incident and allowed the equaliser to stand. However, De Rossi immediately told the referee that he had pushed the ball in with his hand leading to the goal being disallowed. Roma went on to win 2–1.
In the 2006–07 season, De Rossi scored from 40 yards against ACF Fiorentina with Sébastien Frey in goal. This was the first of three goals of the night for Roma. He also scored in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final against Manchester United F.C. in the 2006/07 season.
De Rossi is tipped by many to be Italy's next captain after Cannavaro such is his dedication to the cause which the fans love him for more than anything. His form at internaional level is one of sublime consistentcy and De Rossi has become a big game player and plays a pivotol role in the side in breaking down the opposition and being a box-to-box player. De Rossi has scored crucial goals for Italy in their 2008-09 World Cup Qualifying campaign. For Roma De Rossi plays mainly as a defensive midfielder but for the Azzurri he is given license to get forward with the presence of Gattuso in the team to hold the midfield and as a result his goal ratio is much greater than at club level.
[edit] International career
In 2004, with the Italy U-21 squad he won the Euro U-21 Championship.[citation needed]
On 4 September, 2004?? he made his senior national team debut. ??[citation needed]
[edit] Career statistics
[edit] Club
Updated to games played August 30, 2009.
| Club | Season | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Europe | Other[4] | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Roma | 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 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 4 | |
| 2009–10 | 5 | 3 | – | 4 | 2 | – | 9 | 5 | |||
| Total | 189 | 21 | 34 | 3 | 48 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 274 | 32 | |
[edit] International goals
Updated to games played 15 June 2009.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 4 September 2004 | Palermo, Italy | 2–1 | Win | FIFA World Cup 2006 Qualification | |
| 2. | 13 October 2004 | Parma, Italy | 4–3 | Win | FIFA World Cup 2006 Qualification | |
| 3. | 1 March 2006 | Florence, Italy | 4–1 | Win | Friendly | |
| 4. | 11 October 2006 | Tbilisi, Georgia | 1–3 | Win | UEFA Euro 2008 Qualification | |
| 5. | 17 June 2008 | Zurich, Switzerland | 2–0 | Win | UEFA Euro 2008 | |
| 6. | 10 September 2008 | Udine, Italy | 1–0 | Win | FIFA World Cup 2010 Qualification | |
| 7. | 10 September 2008 | Udine, Italy | 2–0 | Win | FIFA World Cup 2010 Qualification | |
| 8. | 15 June 2009 | Pretoria, South Africa | 3–1 | Win | 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup |
[edit] Personal life
De Rossi is the son of Alberto, former Roma player and Roma's Primavera coach.
De Rossi made his debut for Roma wearing number 27 shirt, which he wore for two seasons. He then switched to the number 4, which he was also wearing during the 2006 FIFA World Cup but with the birth of his daughter named Gaia, on 16 June 2005, he changed to number 16 during the 2005–2006 season.
[edit] Honours
[edit] Roma
[edit] National team
- FIFA World Cup:
- Winner: 2006
- UEFA Under-21 European Championship:
- Winner: 2004
- Football at the Summer Olympics:
- Bronze medal: 2004 Athens
[edit] Personal
[edit] References
- ^ FIFA.com
- ^ AscotSportal.com
- ^ Report from The Malaysia Star
- ^ Other tournaments include the Supercoppa Italiana
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