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Daniele De Rossi
Personal information
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Roma
Number 13
Youth career
1997–2000 Ostia Mare
2000–2001 Roma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001-2009- Roma
International career‡
2004– Italy
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Men's Football
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Team Competition'
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 May 2009
‡ 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 Seria A club AS Roma and the Italian national team.


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.

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.

Honours

Roma

National team

Personal

Career statistics

Club

Updated to games played May 16, 2009.

Team Season League 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

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

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.

References

  1. ^ FIFA.com
  2. ^ AscotSportal.com
  3. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/6534975.stm

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