Daniele De Rossi

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Daniele De Rossi
Personal information
Date of birth July 24, 1983 (1983-07-24) (age 25)
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.84 m (6 ft +12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Roma
Number 16
Youth career
1997–2000 Ostia Mare
2000–2001 Roma
Senior career1
Years Club Apps (Gls)2
2001- Roma 187 (20)
National team3
2004– Italy 048 0(8)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 May 2009.

2 Appearances (Goals).

3 National team caps and goals correct as of 21 June 2009

Daniele De Rossi, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI[1][2] (born 24 July 1983 in Rome) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie A club A.S. Roma and the Italian national team.

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[edit] Club career

De Rossi, born in Rome and a product of the Roma youth system (where his father, former Roma player Alberto De Rossi, is a coach), 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 10 October 2001 against Belgian side Anderlecht in the UEFA 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.

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 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 2006–07 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. He also scored in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final against Manchester United in the 2006/07 season, as Roma were beaten 7-1.[3]

In the 2007-08 UEFA Champions League quarter-final against 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 apologised to McBride (who subsequently praised De Rossi as "classy" for approaching him after the match).[4] De Rossi was subsequently banned for four matches and fined CHF 10,000.[5]

After having been disqualified for four matches, De Rossi returned for Italy in the final against France, 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 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 after Totti decided to retire after the World Cup final.

In total, he De Rossi has been capped 48 times for the Azzurri, scoring eight goals. He captained the team on three occasions: two friendly matches against South Africa on 17 October 2007 and Portugal on 6 February 2008, respectively, and in the Euro 2008 qualifier against the Faroe Islands. On 17 June, during UEFA 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. In the quarter-final penalty shoot-out against Spain, his shot was saved by Iker Casillas as Italy lost 4-2. He scored his first double in the national team against Georgia on 10 September 2008.

In the Confederations Cup on 15 June 2009, De Rossi scored for Italy against the United States in the 71st minute with a low long-range strike. The goal put Italy 2-1 up after Giuseppe Rossi had equalized after Landon Donovan scored the opener in the first half. Italy went on to win the game 1-3 after Andrea Pirlo set up Rossi for his second of the game.

[edit] Personal life

De Rossi married Tamara Pisnoli on 18 May 2006, the mother of his daughter Gaia and ex-dancer of Mediaset, Sarabanda. The couple separated in early 2009.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Roma

[edit] National team

[edit] Personal

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Club

Updated to games played May 16, 2009.

Team Season Serie A Coppa Italia European
Competitions1
Other Tournaments2 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
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 32 3 2 0 7 0 1 1 42 4
Career Total 187 20 34 3 44 4 3 2 268 29

1European competitions include the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup
2Other tournaments include the Supercoppa Italiana

[edit] International goals

Updated to games played 15 June 2009.

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 4 September 2004 Palermo, Italy  Norway 2–1 Win FIFA World Cup 2006 Qualification
2. 13 October 2004 Parma, Italy  Belarus 4–3 Win FIFA World Cup 2006 Qualification
3. 1 March 2006 Florence, Italy  Germany 4–1 Win Friendly
4. 11 October 2006 Tbilisi, Georgia  Georgia 1–3 Win UEFA Euro 2008 Qualification
5. 17 June 17 2008 Zurich, Switzerland  France 2–0 Win UEFA Euro 2008
6. 10 September 2008 Udine, Italy  Georgia 1–0 Win FIFA World Cup 2010 Qualification
7. 10 September 2008 Udine, Italy  Georgia 2–0 Win FIFA World Cup 2010 Qualification
8. 15 June 2009 Pretoria, South Africa  United States 3–1 Win 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

[edit] Trivia

Daniele Rossi:

  • Is the son of the Alberto De Rossi, former player for Roma and coach of Primavera della Roma.
  • Played as a striker for 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 2006 FIFA World Cup. His current number is 16.
  • Has a daughter named Gaia who was born on 16 June 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, and 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 Roma 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.
  • De Rossi is featured on the cover of FIFA 09 in the Italian version of the game. The picture on the cover is taken from De Rossi's emphatic goal-scoring celebration after scoring versus Internazionale in the Supercoppa Italiana in 2009.

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