Federico Guillermo Rosso (born 1 July 1987) is an Argentine professional
footballer who plays as a
centre-back
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for
Chacarita Juniors.
Career
Rosso's career began in 2008 with
Primera B Nacional side
Chacarita Juniors, however before featuring for the club he was loaned out to
Central Córdoba of
Torneo Argentino A.
Five appearances followed.
In August 2010, Rosso was an unused substitute three times for Chacarita in league matches against
Tiro Federal,
Unión Santa Fe and
Gimnasia y Esgrima.
2011 saw him leave Chacarita permanently to join
CAI, prior to subsequently moving to
Sportivo Desamparados.
He made seventeen and twenty-five appearances for those clubs respectively, both seasons ended with relegation.
In July 2012, Rosso left Argentine football to join
Brescia of Italy's
Serie B.
He made his Brescia debut on 25 August, he was subbed on in stoppage time as Brescia lost to
Crotone
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1–0.
He would only make two further appearances in
2012–13
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, both as a late substitute.
Rosso departed Brescia a year after joining in July 2013 after just three appearances, none of which were starts or home games.
He returned to Argentina to sign for
Crucero del Norte
Club Mutual Crucero del Norte (simply known as Crucero del Norte) is an Argentine sports club based in Garupá, Misiones Province. The club was founded in 2003 by a long-distance bus company which gave its name to the institution. Although th ...
in Primera B Nacional.
He went onto make thirty-seven appearances in two seasons with Crucero, twelve came during the club's promotion-winning campaign of
2014
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.
He made another twelve appearances in the
Argentine Primera División
The Primera División (; en, "First Division"), known officialy as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Binance for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in Argentina, organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA).
Th ...
with Crucero, but dropped down a division in 2016 to rejoin former club
Chacarita Juniors.
Forty-nine matches later, Rosso was back in the Primera División after Chacarita were promoted in
2016–17.
In the
top-flight, Rosso scored three goals in his first ten matches; including two versus
Lanús on 11 December 2017.
On 30 June 2018, Rosso joined
Agropecuario of Primera B Nacional.
Ahead of the 2022 season, Rosso returned to his former club,
Chacarita Juniors.
Chacarita Juniors on Twitter: " Federico Rosso es el primer...
twitter.com, 29 December 2021
Personal life
He is the brother of fellow footballer Matías Rosso
Matías Gabriel Rosso (born 12 March 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Argentine Primera División side Estudiantes (LP).
Career
Chacarita Juniors of the Primera B Metropolitana were Rosso's first sen ...
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Career statistics
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References
External links
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1987 births
Living people
Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe
Argentine men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Primera Nacional players
Argentine Primera División players
Torneo Argentino A players
Serie B players
Chacarita Juniors footballers
Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero footballers
Comisión de Actividades Infantiles footballers
Sportivo Desamparados footballers
Brescia Calcio players
Crucero del Norte footballers
Club Agropecuario Argentino players