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Daniele De Rossi
Personal information
Full name Daniele De Rossi
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Roma
Number 16
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of February 10, 2009
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Team Competition

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

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), he 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 October 10, 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 a great piece of 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.

In the 2007-08 UEFA Champions League quarter-final, in which Roma were playing Manchester United, De Rossi missed a penalty which could have proved vital for Roma.

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 apologized to McBride (who subsequently praised De Rossi as "classy" for approaching him after the match). [3] De Rossi was banned for four matches and fined CHF 10,000.[4]

After having been disqualified for four matches, De Rossi returned for Italy in the final, 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 Totti decided to retire World Cup final. He made his mark in this competition, as he was a dominant figure in Italy's failed quest for Euro glory.

In total he was capped 39 times for the Azzurri, scoring seven goals, He captained the team on three occasions: two friendly matches against South Africa on 17 October 2007 and Portugal on February 6, 2008, respectively, and in the Euro 2008 qualifier against the Faroe Islands. On June 17, during 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 quarterfinal penalty shoot-out against Spain, his shot was saved by Iker Casillas and Italy lost 4-2. He scored his second double in the national team against Georgia on September 10, 2008.

Personal

  • Married Tamara Pisnoli, the mother of his daughter Gaia and ex-dancer of Mediaset, Sarabanda on May 18, 2006. De Rossi was featured on the cover of the Italian version of the video game [Pro Evolution Soccer 09] alongside [Lionel Messi]

Honours

Roma

National team

Personal

Career statistics

Club

Updated to games played February 8, 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 22 1 2 0 6 0 1 1 31 2
Career Total 177 18 34 3 43 4 3 2 257 27

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

International goals

Updated to games played November 19, 2008.[5]

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

Trivia

  • 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 FIFA World Cup in Germany in 2006. His current number is 16.
  • Has a daughter, Gaia, born on June 16, 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, 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.

References

  1. ^ FIFA.com
  2. ^ AscotSportal.com
  3. ^ "De Rossi apologizes to McBride for elbow".
  4. ^ "Italy's De Rossi gets four-match ban from FIFA".
  5. ^ F.I.G.C. Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio
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