Sebastián Rozental

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Rozental and the second or maternal family name is Igualt.

Sebastián Rozental

Personal information
Full name	Sebastián Rozental Igualt
Date of birth	September 1, 1976 (1976-09-01)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder/Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1992–1996	Universidad Católica	75	(39)
1997–2002	Rangers	17	(3)
1999	→ Universidad Católica (loan)	11	(3)
2000	→ Universidad Católica (loan)	27	(22)
2000	→ Independiente (loan)	7	(0)
2001	→ Colo Colo (loan)	22	(8)
2002–2003	Grasshopper-Club Zürich	22	(1)
2003–2004	Unión Española	39	(11)
2005	Universidad Católica	10	(1)
2005	Puerto Rico Islanders	9	(2)
2006	Columbus Crew	20	(3)
2007	Maccabi Petah Tikva	6	(0)
2007–2008	Maccabi Netanya	14	(1)
National team
1995–2000	Chile	27	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 29, 2007. † Appearances (Goals).

Sebastián Rozental Igualt (Hebrew: סבסטיאן רוזנטל‎, born September 1, 1976 in Santiago, Chile) is a retired Chilean-Israeli professional football (soccer) player.

On the club level, Rozental has played for Universidad Católica (1992–1996 and 2005), Colo-Colo (2001), and Unión Española (2003–04) in his native Chile, Rangers (1997–2000) in Scotland, where he became the first player from South America to play for the club, Independiente (2001) in Argentina, Grasshoppers (2003–04) in Switzerland, and Puerto Rico Islanders in the USL First Division (2005).

Rangers FC

Rozental became Rangers' first South American player when he signed for £4m in January 1997. He arrived at Rangers as a promising young talent, as he had broken into the Chilean national team and was challenging Marcelo Salas and Iván Zamorano for a place in the starting eleven, following a decent scoring record at his club. However injury struck in his home debut for Rangers versus St. Johnstone F.C.; he started the game well and scored his first goal for the club, but was then taken off with a knee injury. After a year on the sidelines, he never fulfilled the promise shown before his injury. He made 17 appearances for Rangers, scoring 3 goals.

To MLS via Puerto Rico

He was signed by the Columbus Crew on January 13, 2006. His first goal as a Crew member came on a penalty kick on April 15 against the Chicago Fire. He played 20 games and scored 3 goals total during the 2006 season.

Move to Israel

After spending one season with the Columbus Crew, Rozental left for Israel and signed with Maccabi Petah Tikva. After failing to impress in one half season in Petah Tikva, Rozental signed a one year contract with Maccabi Netanya.

International career

Rozental has been capped for Chile 27 times scoring 2 goals.

He captained the Chilean squad that finished third in the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship and then scored 3 goals at the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Honours

• Copa Interamericana
  • Winner: 1993

• Copa Chile
  • Winner: 1995

• Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División
  • Winner: 2002 (C)

• Swiss Super League
  • Winner: 2003

Individual

• Chilean Footballer of the Year 1996

See also

• List of select Jewish football (association; soccer) players

References

• playerhistory
• stats