Giovanni Rosso

Football player infobox
playername = Giovanni Rosso


fullname = Giovanni Rosso
nickname =
height = height|m=1.86
weight = weight|kg=77
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1972|11|17
cityofbirth = Split
countryofbirth = SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
currentclub = Flagicon|CRO Hajduk Split
clubnumber = 21
position = Midfielder
youthyears = –1992
youthclubs = Hajduk Split
years = 1992-1993
1993-1996
1996–1997 1997-2000 2000-2001 2001-2005 2005-2007 2007-2008 2008-present
clubs = NK Zadar
NK Zagreb
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Haifa Beitar Jerusalem Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Hajduk Split
caps(goals) = 30 (9)
64 (11)
34 (6) 89 (26) 33 (6) 101 (23) 22 (1) 28 (3) 0 (0)
nationalyears = 2002-2004
nationalteam = Flagicon|CRO Croatia
nationalcaps(goals) = 19 (1)
pcupdate = 15:51, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate = 16 July, 2006

Giovanni Rosso (born November 17, 1972) is a Croatian football player of Croatian & partly Italian ethnicity who plays his trade at Hajduk Split. 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. [http://www.sportskenovosti.hr/index.php?cmd=show_clanak&clanak_id=2005]

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

Rosso's 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.

Rosso speaks fluent Hebrew, and stated numerous times that he plans on coming back to live in Israel at the end of his Football career.

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 (2007-2008)

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