Giuseppe Rossi

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Giuseppe Rossi
Personal information
Full name	Giuseppe Rossi
Date of birth	February 1, 1987 (1987-02-01) (age 21)
Place of birth	Teaneck, New Jersey, United States
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Villarreal
Number	22
Youth clubs
2000–2004 2004–2005	Parma Manchester United
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005–2007 2006–2007 2007 2007–	Manchester United → Newcastle United (loan) → Parma (loan) Villarreal	05 0(1) 11 0(0) 19 0(9) 27 (11)
National team2
2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2006–	Italy U-16 Italy U-17 Italy U-18 Italy U-21	05 0(3) 14 0(6) 03 0(0) 17 0(6)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 18, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of March 25, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Giuseppe Rossi (born 1 February 1987, in Teaneck, New Jersey)^[1] is an Italian American footballer. He currently plays for the Spanish La Liga side Villarreal CF as a second striker. Rossi was raised in Clifton, New Jersey. His parents were Italian immigrants, his father Fernando Rossi, a former soccer coach at Clifton High School, and his mother Cleonilde Rossi, currently an Italian teacher at Clifton High School.

Contents 1 Club career 1.1 Early career 1.2 Villarreal 2 International career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Club career

[edit] Early career

When offered a spot on the youth team of Parma, Rossi and his father moved to Italy until Manchester United bought his contract when he was 17.^[2] There, he enjoyed prolific form in the Youth and Reserve teams but had limited opportunities with the senior side, although he often impressed whenever he made an appearance in cup games.

At the start of the 2006-07 season, Rossi moved to Newcastle United F.C. on loan until 1 January 2007, where he was expected to gain some first team experience. He made his home debut on 24 September 2006, impressing all, and showing his quick feet with a barrage of snap shots. Rossi scored his only Newcastle goal on his first start on 25 October 2006 against Portsmouth in a Carling Cup 3rd Round tie at St James' Park.

For the second half of the season he was again loaned out, this time to his former club, Parma, in a far more successful move. Scoring 9 goals in 19 league appearances, he helped the club escape the threat of relegation and proved many of his qualities. Because of this, and his desire to play regularly, Rossi was linked to a host of clubs throughout Europe.

[edit] Villarreal

On 31 July 2007, Manchester United confirmed Rossi had been sold to Spanish club Villarreal for an undisclosed fee, reportedly around £6.6 million (€10 million).^[3][4] However, a clause was added to Rossi's Villarreal contract that allows Manchester United to repurchase him at a later date.^[5] He scored his first goal for Villarreal on his debut against Valencia on 26 August 2007.

[edit] International career

Rossi is a dual citizen of both the United States and Italy.

In 2006, Rossi was invited to a pre-World Cup training camp with the United States national team by then-coach Bruce Arena but declined, stating his desire to play for Italy and not his country of birth. He has represented Italy at almost every youth level from U-16 to U-21.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Giuseppe Rossi - Official Website
• Villareal Official squad profile
• Giuseppe Rossi career stats at Soccerbase
• BBC profile
• FootballDatabase.com profile
• Goal.com profile
• Giuseppe Rossi Profile, J1897.com
• Giuseppe Rossi - football-talents.co.uk

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