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 +1⁄2 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)
Honours Competitor for  Italy Men's Football Bronze 2004 Athens Team Competition'
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.

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 Personal life 4 Honours 4.1 Roma 4.2 National team 4.3 Personal 5 Career statistics 5.1 Club 5.2 International goals 6 Trivia 7 References 8 External links

[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

• Serie A:
  • Runner-up: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
• Coppa Italia:
  • Winner: 2007, 2008
  • Runner-up: 2005, 2006
• Italian Super Cup:
  • Winner: 2007
  • Runner-up: 2006

[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

• Serie A Young Footballer of the Year: 2006

• Italian Footballer of the Year (runner-up): 2007

[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

Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (June 2009)

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.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• A.S Roma profile
• Channel 4 profile
• FootballDatabase.com profile and stats

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