Gian Maria Rossi (Ravenna, born 19 November 1986) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for club Imolese.

Club career

Born in

Ravenna Ravenna ( , , also ; rgn, Ravèna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 408 until its collapse in 476. It then served as the cap ...

, Rossi started his career in local club Ravenna F.C. He made his professional debut in the 2006–07 Serie C1 season, this year Ravenna won the promotion to

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as a champion. The player made his Serie B debut on 9 February 2008 against

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

. Rossi left the club at the end of 2011–2012 season. Between 2012 and 2013, he played two seasons for

Fidelis Andria Fidelis Andria 2018 or simply Fidelis Andria is an Italian football club based in Andria, Apulia. The club was founded in 1971 and re-founded in 2005, 2013 and 2018. The team competes in . Fidelis Andria play their home matches at Stadio Deg ...

on Serie C1. In 2013 he joined

Serie C2 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...

club Bassano. He played four seasons for the club, three on Serie C. On 11 November 2017, he moved to Imolese, on

Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the Italian league system, the competition sits beneath the third professional league, Serie C. It is administered by the Lega Nazionale Dilettant ...

. Rossi extended his contract with the club in April 2019. On 12 September 2021 against

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, he played his 100 match for the club. He was named captain of the team.

Honours

Club

Ravenna *

Serie C1 Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football (soccer), football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1 ...

: 2006–07 (C1/B) Bassano Virtus *

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...

: 2013–14 (Girone A)

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* * 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Ravenna Italian footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Serie B players Serie C players Lega Pro Seconda Divisione players Serie D players Ravenna F.C. players Alma Juventus Fano 1906 players Fidelis Andria 2018 players Bassano Virtus 55 S.T. players Imolese Calcio 1919 players Footballers from Emilia-Romagna {{Italy-footy-goalkeeper-stub