Marco Rossi (footballer born 1978)

Marco Rossi

Personal information
Date of birth	April 1, 1978 (1978-04-01) (age 33)
Place of birth	Seravezza, Italy
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Genoa
Number	7
Youth career
	Lucchese
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1995–1998	Lucchese	31	(0)
1998–2000	Salernitana	45	(3)
2000–2002	Fiorentina	36	(1)
2002–2004	Como	19	(0)
2003–2004	→ Genoa (loan)	38	(8)
2004–	Genoa	200	(26)
National team
1997–2000	Italy U21	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Marco Rossi (born 1 April 1978 in Seravezza, Lucca) is an Italian footballer who plays for Genoa C.F.C. mainly as a right midfielder.

Club career

Early years

Rossi started playing football with A.S. Lucchese-Libertas, in Serie B, moving in 1998–99 to Salernitana Calcio 1919, newly promoted to the topflight. After two seasons, he joined ACF Fiorentina and returned to the top division, remaining in Florence for two further years.

In 2002, he left Fiorentina due to unpaid wages (the club declared bankruptcy shortly after), and signed with modest Como Calcio 1907, appearing sparingly in his first season and being relegated.

Genoa

In 2003–04, Rossi joined Genoa CFC in division two, on loan, being an instrumental figure from the start, netting a career-best eight goals. He then returned to Como, but returned in the 2005 January transfer window after his contract expired.

Genoa was initially promoted at the end of the season, as champions, but suffered relegation to Serie C1 instead, with Rossi remaining with the team, which achieved promotion in 2006.

In 2006–07, he become club captain, and Genoa returned to the first division, alongside Juventus FC, under manager Gian Piero Gasperini. The player's versatility - he was capable of producing as either a defender or a midfielder, on either side - made him an undisputed starter, and he contributed to that promotion with three goals.

On 30 March 2008, in a league game against Reggina Calcio, Rossi scored his second goal in the top level, closing the score in the 90th minute (2–0, at home). He only missed four matches as the club finally finished tenth.

Although he appeared less in the 2008–09 season, Rossi found the net on five occasions. On 28 November 2009, during the 101st Derby della Lanterna, against U.C. Sampdoria, he scored the second goal, in an eventual 3–0 home win.^[1] In February of the following year, he scored against A.C. ChievoVerona (the game's only) and added two the following week at Juventus, albeit in a 2–3 away defeat.^[2]

International career

Rossi collected six caps for the Italian U-21s, helping the national side win the 2000 European Championship.

Honours

Club

• Italian Cup: 2000–01

Country

• UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship: 2000

References

1. ^ Genoa 3-0 Sampdoria; ESPN Soccernet, 28 November 2009
2. ^ Del Piero's disputed spot-kick; ESPN Soccernet, 14 February 2010

External links

• Genoa official profile (Italian)
• Stats at Lega Serie A (Italian)

Persondata
Name	Rossi, Marco
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	1 April 1978
Place of birth	Seravezza, Italy
Date of death
Place of death