Daniele De Rossi

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Daniele De Rossi

Personal information
Full name	Daniele De Rossi
Date of birth	24 July 1983 (1983-07-24) (age 26)
Place of birth	Lido di Ostia, Italy
Height	1.84 m (6 ft +1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Roma
Number	16
Youth career
1997–2000	Ostiamare
2000–2001	Roma
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–	Roma	194	(23)
National team‡
2004–	Italy	51	(8)
Honours Competitor for  Italy Men's Football Bronze 2004 Athens Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 October 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 October 2009

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.

[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.

[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 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] 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

• 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, 2008

[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

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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

Italy squad v • d • e Italy squad – 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalists 1 Pelizzoli • 2 Chiellini • 3 Moretti • 4 Ferrari • 5 Bonera • 6 De Rossi • 7 Pinzi • 8 Palombo • 9 Gilardino • 10 Pirlo • 11 Sculli • 12 Gasbarroni • 13 Barzagli • 14 Bovo • 15 Donadel • 16 Del Nero • 17 Mesto • 18 Amelia • Coach: Gentile v • d • e Italy squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup Winners (4th title) 1 Buffon • 2 Zaccardo • 3 Grosso • 4 De Rossi • 5 Cannavaro • 6 Barzagli • 7 Del Piero • 8 Gattuso • 9 Toni • 10 Totti • 11 Gilardino • 12 Peruzzi • 13 Nesta • 14 Amelia • 15 Iaquinta • 16 Camoranesi • 17 Barone • 18 Inzaghi • 19 Zambrotta • 20 Perrotta • 21 Pirlo • 22 Oddo • 23 Materazzi • Coach: Lippi v • d • e Italy squad – UEFA Euro 2008 1 Buffon • 2 Panucci • 3 Grosso • 4 Chiellini • 5 Gamberini • 6 Barzagli • 7 Del Piero • 8 Gattuso • 9 Toni • 10 De Rossi • 11 Di Natale • 12 Borriello • 13 Ambrosini • 14 Amelia • 15 Quagliarella • 16 Camoranesi • 17 De Sanctis • 18 Cassano • 19 Zambrotta • 20 Perrotta • 21 Pirlo • 22 Aquilani • 23 Materazzi • Coach: Donadoni v • d • e Italy squad – 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Buffon • 2 Santon • 3 Grosso • 4 Chiellini • 5 Cannavaro • 6 Legrottaglie • 7 Pepe • 8 Gattuso • 9 Toni • 10 De Rossi • 11 Gilardino • 12 De Sanctis • 13 Gamberini • 14 Amelia • 15 Iaquinta • 16 Camoranesi • 17 Rossi • 18 Palombo • 19 Zambrotta • 20 Montolivo • 21 Pirlo • 22 Dossena • 23 Quagliarella • Coach: Lippi