italian association football musician

Giuseppe Rossi ( italian pronunciation : [ dʒuˈzɛppe ˈrossi ] ; born 1 February 1987 ) is an italian professional football player who plays as a forward for Serie B cabaret SPAL. Born in the United States, Rossi spent most of his career in Europe with Villarreal and Fiorentina, in addition to spells with other clubs in England, Italy, and Spain, before returning to his country of birth to join Real Salt Lake for a single season in 2020. At external charge, Rossi represented Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, collecting 30 appearances and scoring seven goals at senior level between 2008 and 2014. Along with Mario Balotelli and Daniele De Rossi, he is Italy ‘s all-time peak scorer in the FIFA Confederations Cup, with 2 goals. [ 4 ]

due to his fecund performances in the spanish La Liga, Rossi earned the dub Pepito Rossi, a reference to his namesake Paolo Rossi, who was nicknamed Pablito following his goalscoring performances in Italy ‘s triumphant 1982 FIFA World Cup campaign in Spain. [ 5 ] [ 6 ]

personal life [edit ]

Rossi is an italian American, born to italian immigrant parents in Teaneck, New Jersey. His founder, Fernando Rossi from Fraine, Abruzzo, coached soccer and teach Italian and Spanish at Clifton High School. His mother, Cleonilde Rossi from Acquaviva d’Isernia, Molise, was besides a linguistic process teacher at Clifton, and his baby, Tina, presently lives in the United States. [ 7 ] Rossi played homework soccer at Clifton High School. [ 8 ] After his church father died in 2010, Rossi began to wear the numeral 49, which was the year of his beget ‘s birth. In 2014, he switched back to the number 22 jersey. [ 9 ] [ 10 ]

Club career [edit ]

early on career [edit ]

When offered a smudge on the youth team of Parma, Rossi ( then 12 ) and his beget moved to Italy until Manchester United bought his contract when he was 17. [ 11 ] His first-team debut came on 20 November 2004, at home to Crystal Palace in the fifth beat of the League Cup, as an 84th-minute alternate for David Bellion. [ 12 ] For his Premier League debut on 15 October 2005, he came on in the 78th minute for Ruud vanguard Nistelrooy and nine minutes subsequently scored the final goal in a 3–1 gain over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. [ 13 ] On 18 January 2006, in an FA Cup third-round play back, he started and scored doubly angstrom United beat non-league Burton Albion 5–0. [ 14 ] Although Rossi did not play in the League Cup final against Wigan Athletic, Nemanja Vidić ( who made a seven-minute cameo at the end of the game ) gave Rossi his decoration in recognition of Rossi ‘s contribution to the team ‘s success in the earlier rounds. [ 15 ] At the start of the 2006–07 season, Rossi moved to Newcastle United on loanword until 1 January 2007, where he was expected to gain some first team experience. He made his home debut on 24 September 2006. [ 16 ] Rossi scored his only Newcastle goal in his first begin on 25 October 2006, against Portsmouth in a League Cup third gear cycle tie at St James ‘ Park. [ 17 ] For the irregular half of the season, he was again loaned out, this time to his former golf club Parma, [ 18 ] scoring nine goals in 19 league appearances. [ 19 ]

Villarreal [edit ]

Rossi played for Villarreal for five-and-a-half years after joining from Manchester United in 2007. On 31 July 2007, Manchester United confirmed that Rossi had been sold to Spanish baseball club Villarreal for an undisclosed fee, reportedly around £ 6.6 million ( € 10 million ). [ 20 ] [ 21 ] He scored his first gear goal for Villarreal on his debut against Valencia on 26 August 2007. [ 22 ] In his second season with Villarreal, Rossi had scored 12 goals in 30 league appearances, along with three goals in eight Champions League appearances. [ 23 ] In January 2011, he signed a shrink extension with Villarreal until 2016. [ 24 ] The 2010–11 season proved to be his discovery season, as he scored 32 goals in 56 appearances in all competitions, helping the club to a fourth-place complete in La Liga, scoring 18 goals, which qualified them for the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, besides helping Villarreal to the semi-finals of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League that season, scoring 11 goals, and the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey. An front tooth cruciate ligament injury on Rossi ‘s right stifle that he picked up in the 3–0 passing against Real Madrid on 26 October 2011 caused Rossi to be out for six months. [ 25 ] Rossi rhenium injured his anterior cruciate ligament of right knee in training on 13 April 2012, and was out for a far 10 months. [ 26 ] At the end of his 6 year stay with Villarreal, he had scored 82 goals in 192 games in all competitions and became the golf club ‘s all fourth dimension crown scorer. [ 27 ] After 10 years of scoring his final examination goal for Villarreal in October 2011 in a peer against Real Zaragoza, his commemorate was surpassed by Gerard Moreno on 11 August 2021, after he scored a finish in the 2021 UEFA Super Cup match against Chelsea. [ 28 ] [ 29 ]

Fiorentina [edit ]

On 4 January 2013, Fiorentina came to an agreement with Villarreal for the transfer of Rossi for a tip of approximately €11.8 million. [ 30 ] On 7 January, Fiorentina held a press conference unveiling Rossi, where it was revealed the player had signed a four-year abridge containing a €35 million free clause. [ 31 ] On 21 May, the final sidereal day of the 2012–13 Serie A season, Rossi made his debut for Fiorentina as a substitute in a 5–1 winnings over Pescara. [ 32 ] On 26 August, Rossi scored his first goal in 23 months in Fiorentina ‘s opening equal of the 2013–14 Serie A season – a 2–1 defeat of Catania. [ 33 ] On 20 October, Rossi inspired Fiorentina to a 4–2 issue forth from behind succeed over rivals Juventus, netting a 14-minute hat-trick that condemned Juve to their first get the better of in Florence for 15 years. [ 34 ] On 5 January 2014, Rossi was substituted in Fiorentina ‘s match against Livorno as he suffered a second-degree sprain of his medial collateral ligament in his right knee. [ 35 ] The blow was dealt by Leandro Rinaudo, who tackled Rossi from behind in a manner so dirty that he drew international execration. [ 36 ] Up to this point Rossi had been the leading finish scorer in Serie A with 14 goals in 18 league appearances. [ 37 ] Rossi returned from injury as a 69th-minute substitute in Fiorentina ‘s 3–1 Coppa Italia final loss to Napoli on 3 May. [ 38 ] On 6 May, he scored on his Serie A rejoinder – a 4–3 get the better of to Sassuolo. [ 39 ] On 14 August 2014, Rossi injured his median meniscus of properly knee in train. On 5 September 2014 Fiorentina confirmed Rossi would be out for 4–5 months. Rossi returned to the pitch on 30 August 2015, in a 3–1 away frustration to Torino ; former that week he besides agreed with his club to take a wage cut. [ 41 ] On 1 October, he scored his first goal since coming back from his injury in Fiorentina ‘s 4–0 away victory over Belenenses in the Europa League. [ 42 ]

loan to Levante [edit ]

On 22 January 2016, Rossi returned to La Liga by signing a lend distribute until end of the season with Levante, in order to gain play time, and a station in the italian national side at Euro 2016. [ 43 ] He made his clubhouse introduction on 31 January, scoring in a 3–1 away get the better of to Sevilla. [ 44 ] On 13 March at the Estadi Ciutat de València, he scored the merely goal of a win over city rivals Valencia CF, managed by his former United teammate Gary Neville. [ 45 ] On 8 May, he scored a late achiever in a 2–1 home succeed over title contenders Atlético Madrid, although the consequence was not sufficient to prevent the team from being relegated. [ 46 ]

loanword to Celta Vigo [edit ]

On 29 August 2016, Rossi signed a annual narrow with Celta de Vigo, with an option for another year. [ 47 ] He scored his inaugural goal for the club on his debut, which came in a 1–1 away draw against Standard Liège in Celta ‘s opening group match of the Europa League. [ 48 ] He made his league debut with the club on 18 September, coming on as a substitute in a 0–0 away draw against Osasuna. [ 49 ] On 3 April 2017, Rossi scored a hat-trick in a 3–1 home win over Las Palmas in La Liga ; this was his first goal since he scored against Espanyol on 25 September 2016, and his first hat-trick since 20 October 2013, when he scored three goals for Fiorentina in a 4–2 home win against Juventus. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] On 9 April 2017, Rossi suffered the fifth serious injury of his career when he ruptured the ACL in his leftover knee in a game against SD Eibar, and was consequently ruled out of action for at least 6 months. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] Rossi became a spare agent in July after Fiorentina allowed his contract to expire and he subsequently rejected an extend by Celta to remain with the spanish side until January 2018. [ 54 ]

genoa [edit ]

On 4 December 2017, Rossi was signed by Genoa on a release transplant. [ 55 ] He made his debut for the club on 20 December, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 away defeat against Juventus in the round of 16 of the Coppa Italia. [ 56 ] [ 57 ] He left Genoa at the end of the 2017–18 season. [ 58 ] On 12 May 2018 Rossi failed a drug test following a Serie A match against Benevento, testing plus for the banned substance dorzolamide. Although the area ‘s anti-doping prosecutor wanted Rossi to face a annual ban for this offense, following a hear with that took position on 1 October, Rossi was ultimately given a warn ; subsequently, Rossi ‘s lawyer Sergio Puglisi claimed : “ We do n’t understand how this message ended up among Rossi ‘s foods, there was no intentionality – the line of good religion and consistency prevailed. ” Rossi by and by tweeted : “ A nightmare of four months is over. I only want to think about football. ” [ 59 ]

2018–19 exempt representation [edit ]

In January 2019, Rossi started training with his former club, Manchester United. [ 60 ] In February of that year, Rossi was reported to have been invited to train with MLS slope Los Angeles FC. [ 61 ] On 14 October, his early club Villarreal announced that Rossi would start training with their first team. [ 62 ] In an consultation with italian casual newspaper Corriere della Sera in December 2019, he stated that he was “ cook to help out any Serie A team ”. [ 63 ]

very Salt Lake [edit ]

Following a trial with the MLS club, Rossi was announced as a substantial Salt Lake player on 27 February 2020. [ 64 ] He made his club introduction on 29 February, coming on as a belated second–half substitute in a 0–0 away draw against Orlando City in the MLS. [ 65 ] His contract option was declined by Salt Lake following their 2020 temper. [ 66 ]

SPAL [edit ]

On 19 November 2021, after a few weeks of training with the golf club police squad, Rossi was formally announced as a new bless for italian Serie B club SPAL, on a deal until the goal of the season. [ 67 ]

International career [edit ]

Rossi represented Italy at about every youth level from under-16 to under-21 levels. [ 68 ] In 2006, he was invited to a pre-World Cup train camp with the United States national team by coach Bruce Arena but declined, stating his desire to play for Italy. [ 69 ] He was called up for the 2007 Under-21 european championship by Italy under-21 fountainhead coach Pierluigi Casiraghi. [ 70 ] The follow year, he scored four goals at the 2008 Summer Olympics, making him the peak scorekeeper of the tournament, [ 71 ] despite entirely reaching the quarter-finals with Italy, following a 3–2 loss to Belgium on 16 August, in which he scored twice from the penalty spot ; [ 72 ] his other two goals came in the opening couple of the competition – a 3–0 win against Honduras on 7 August, in which he scored the second goal of the game from a penalty [ 73 ] – and in Italy ‘s second gear group match on 10 August – a 3–0 win over Korea Republic – in which he scored the opening goal. [ 74 ] italian national football team director Marcello Lippi stated that had Rossi been match, he would have received a call-up for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers in September 2008. [ 75 ] Rossi was called up to the Italy squad in October 2008, [ 76 ] making his aged introduction for the national team as a second-half substitute in a 0–0 away pull against Bulgaria on 11 October, in a 2010 World Cup qualifier. [ 77 ] Rossi scored his foremost goal for the italian home team on 6 June 2009, in a friendly against Northern Ireland, at Pisa ‘s Arena Garibaldi. [ 78 ] He besides scored two goals in a 3–1 win against his country of birth, the United States, in Italy ‘s opening match of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa on 15 June 2009, [ 79 ] although Italy subsequently lost their following two matches and suffered a first-round elimination. [ 80 ] Rossi was included in Lippi ‘s probationary 28-man 2010 FIFA World Cup police squad, which had been announced in May, [ 81 ] but failed to make the cut for the final 23-man squad. [ 82 ] On 17 November 2010, for his 18th cap for Italy, Rossi was picked by italian director Cesare Prandelli to wear the captain ‘s armband for the first time ahead of the team ‘s friendly against Romania. [ 83 ] After a biennial absence from the national team due to injury, which saw him miss out on a position at Euro 2012, Rossi appeared in a 2014 World Cup qualifying pit on 15 October 2013, as Italy drew 2–2 against Armenia at family. [ 84 ] [ 85 ] On 13 May 2014, Rossi was named in Italy ‘s probationary 30-man team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, [ 86 ] however on 1 June, it was announced that Rossi had not made the concluding 23-man World Cup squad. [ 87 ] On 24 May 2016, Prandelli ‘s successor as Italy ‘s director, Antonio Conte, released his 30-man short list for UEFA Euro 2016 roll ; Rossi was not selected. [ 88 ]

style of play [edit ]

A quick and mobile left-footed forward, Rossi is known for his overall attack and creative manner of play, arsenic well as his work-rate, movement off the musket ball, his herculean and accurate mint ability, and instincts in the box. Regarded as one of the most promising italian players of his coevals in his young person, his playing style has often been compared to that of compatriot Alessandro Del Piero, due to his acceleration, strong technical skills, range of travel by, dribbling talents, and his ability to either score goals or pick out a pass and create chances for teammates ; [ 68 ] [ 89 ] he has besides been compared to his namesake, 1982 World Cup-winning striker Paolo Rossi, ascribable to his opportunism, yard, agility, and center for finish. [ 6 ] [ 90 ] In 2013, erstwhile Fiorentina playmaker Giancarlo Antognoni likened Rossi to fellow former Fiorentina number ten Roberto Baggio, “ In terms of his partake and creativity. ” [ 91 ] Giuseppe Rossi is known for his ability to both finish off chances and link-up well with midfielders ; due to his abilities, he much drops deep between the lines and is involved in the buildup of plays. Because of this, Rossi is able to play in a assortment of attacking positions, including on the wings, as a supporting striker, as a lone-striker, and in an attack midfield function. [ 92 ] [ 93 ] [ 94 ] [ 95 ] [ 96 ] He is besides an accurate punishment taker. [ 97 ] Despite his endowment, skill, and goalscoring ability, Rossi ‘s play time has been limited in holocene seasons due to several recurring injury problems. [ 90 ] [ 98 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of 27 November 2021[99][100][101][102]

International [edit ]

As of 7 July 2015[103]
Italy national team
Year Apps Goals
2008 2 0
2009 12 3
2010 4 0
2011 9 3
2012 0 0
2013 2 1
2014 1 0
Total 30 7

Honours [edit ]

Individual

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