Giovanni Rosso

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Personal information
Giovanni Rosso

Full name	Đovani Roso
Date of birth	November 17, 1972 (1972-11-17) (age 35)
Place of birth	Split, Yugoslavia
Height	186 cm
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Maccabi Haifa
Number	11
Youth clubs
–1992	Hajduk Split
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992-1993 1993-1996 1996–1997 1997-2000 2000-2001 2001-2005 2005-2007 2007-present	NK Zadar NK Zagreb Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Haifa Beitar Jerusalem Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa	30 (9) 64 (11) 34 (6) 89 (26) 33 (6) 101 (23) 22 (1) 9 (2)
National team²
2002-2004	Croatia	19 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:51, 27 July 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 16 July 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Giovanni Rosso (Hebrew: ג'יובאני רוסו‎; born November 17, 1972) is a Croatian football player who plays his trade at Maccabi Haifa. Rosso is an attacking midfielder, who prefers to play on the center-right flank of the field. Rosso is known in Israel for his technique and freekicks.

Rosso was born in Split, Croatia, (then as SR Croatia, part of SFR Yugoslavia), in a family, whose father was of Italian origins . He played for NK Zagreb between 1994 and 1996 before moving to Israel.

Although Rosso had always wanted to join^{[citation needed]} the Israeli national team, he was ineligible for Israeli nationality, but his form in 2004 got him called up for Croatia, so played for his birth country at Euro 2004. It was only later, in 2005, that he finally obtained Israeli permanent resident status. However he will never play for the Israeli national team, since he has already played for Croatia.

His official name sometimes can be seen in Croatia in phonetized version, Đovani Roso. His nickname in Split was Rafo.

[edit] Career in Israel

Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. (1996)
- 1 National Cup (1997)
Hapoel Haifa (1998-1999)
- 1 championship (1998)
Beitar Jerusalem (1999-2000)
Maccabi Haifa (2000-2005)
- 4 championships (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005)
Maccabi Tel Aviv (2005-2007)
Maccabi Haifa (2007-)

v • d • e Maccabi Haifa F.C. – current squad

1 Davidovich • 3 Harazi • 4 Crosa • 5 Lima • 7 Boccoli • 8 Meshumar • 9 Afek • 10 Fanteni • 11 Rosso • 12 Renato • 17 Masilela • 18 Gita • 14 Gafney • 19 Dahan • 20 Katan • 21 Keinan • 22 Youlzeri • 23 Kiyal • 24 Maimon • 25 Danin • 26 Rafaelov • 33 Amos • Manager: Levy