Giuseppe Rossi is an Italian-American professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie B club SPAL.
28 Facts About Giuseppe Rossi
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At international level, Giuseppe 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.
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Giuseppe Rossi is an Italian American, born to Italian immigrant parents in Teaneck, New Jersey.
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Giuseppe Rossi's mother, Cleonilde Rossi from Acquaviva d'Isernia, Molise, was a language teacher at Clifton, and his sister, Tina, currently lives in the United States.
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Giuseppe Rossi made his home debut on 24 September 2006.
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Giuseppe Rossi scored his only Newcastle goal in his first start on 25 October 2006, against Portsmouth in a League Cup third round tie at St James' Park.
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Giuseppe Rossi scored his first goal for Villarreal on his debut against Valencia on 26 August 2007.
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Giuseppe Rossi re injured his anterior cruciate ligament of right knee in training on 13 April 2012, and was out for a further 10 months.
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On 5 January 2014, Giuseppe 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.
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Up to this point Giuseppe Rossi had been the leading goal scorer in Serie A with 14 goals in 18 league appearances.
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On 14 August 2014, Giuseppe Rossi injured his medial meniscus of right knee in training.
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On 22 January 2016, Giuseppe Rossi returned to La Liga by signing a loan deal until end of the season with Levante, in order to gain playing time, and a place in the Italian national side at Euro 2016.
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On 29 August 2016, Giuseppe Rossi signed a one-year contract with Celta de Vigo, with an option for another year.
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On 9 April 2017, Giuseppe Rossi suffered the fifth serious injury of his career when he ruptured the ACL in his left knee in a game against SD Eibar, and was consequently ruled out of action for at least 6 months.
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Giuseppe Rossi became a free agent in July after Fiorentina allowed his contract to expire and he subsequently rejected an offer by Celta to remain with the Spanish side until January 2018.
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On 4 December 2017, Giuseppe Rossi was signed by Genoa on a free transfer.
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On 12 May 2018 Giuseppe Rossi failed a drug test following a Serie A match against Benevento, testing positive for the banned substance dorzolamide.
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In January 2019, Giuseppe Rossi started training with his former club, Manchester United.
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On 19 November 2021, after a few weeks of training with the club squad, Giuseppe Rossi was formally announced as a new signing for Italian Serie B club SPAL, on a deal until the end of the season.
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On 17 February 2023, after being without a club for half a year, Giuseppe Rossi returned to SPAL on a deal until the end of the season.
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Giuseppe Rossi represented Italy at almost every youth level from under-16 to under-21 levels.
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Giuseppe Rossi was called up for the 2007 Under-21 European Championship by Italy under-21 head coach Pierluigi Casiraghi.
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Italy national football team manager Marcello Lippi stated that had Giuseppe Rossi been fit, he would have received a call-up for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers in September 2008.
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Giuseppe Rossi scored his first goal for the Italian national team on 6 June 2009, in a friendly against Northern Ireland, at Pisa's Arena Garibaldi.
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Giuseppe Rossi was included in Lippi's provisional 28-man 2010 FIFA World Cup squad, which had been announced in May, but failed to make the cut for the final 23-man squad.
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On 17 November 2010, for his 18th cap for Italy, Giuseppe Rossi was picked by Italian manager Cesare Prandelli to wear the captain's armband for the first time ahead of the team's friendly against Romania.
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On 13 May 2014, Giuseppe Rossi was named in Italy's provisional 30-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, however on 1 June, it was announced that Giuseppe Rossi had not made the final 23-man World Cup squad.
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On 24 May 2016, Prandelli's successor as Italy's manager, Antonio Conte, released his 30-man shortlist for UEFA Euro 2016 roster; Giuseppe Rossi was not selected.