Sebastián Rozental Igualt ( he, סבסטיאן רוזנטל; born 1 September 1976) is a Chilean former professional

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who played as an

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or striker. At club level, Rozental played for Universidad Católica (1992–1996 and 2005),

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(2001), and

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(2003–04) in his native Chile, Rangers (1997–2000) in Scotland, where he became the first player from South America to play for the club, Independiente (2001) in Argentina,

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(2003–04) in Switzerland, and

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in the

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(2005).

Early and personal life

Rozental was born in

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Club career

Rangers

Rozental became Rangers' first South American player when he signed for £4 million on 13 December 1996, the most expensive signing in Chilean history. He arrived at Rangers as a promising young talent, as he had broken into the Chile national team and was challenging

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and

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for a place in the starting eleven, following a decent scoring record at his club. He made his debut as a substitute in a league match at

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. However injury struck in his second appearance for Rangers versus

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in the

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. He was however left out of the squad for the

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. He made 21 appearances for Rangers, scoring 6 goals.

Late career

Rozental signed for the

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on 13 January 2006. His first goal as a Crew member came on a penalty kick on 15 April against the Chicago Fire. He played 20 games and scored 3 goals total during the 2006 season. After spending one season with the Columbus Crew, Rozental got the

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and left for Israel and signed with

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. After failing to impress in one half season in Petah Tikva, Rozental signed a one-year contract with

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International career

Rozental has been capped for

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27 times scoring 2 goals. In addition, he played for Chile B against England B on February 10, 1998. Chile won by 2-1. He captained the Chilean squad that finished third in the

1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship The 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the fifth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Tokyo, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Kobe, Nagoya, and Gifu City in Japan between 21 August and 4 September 1993. Players born after 1 August 1976 were allo ...

and then scored 3 goals at the

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. Also, he took part of Chile U23 squad in the 1996 Pre-Olynpic Tournament.

Honours

Universidad Católica *

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: 1993 *

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: 1995 * Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División: 2002 (C) Rangers *

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: 1999–2000 Grasshoppers *

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: 2002–03 Chile U17 *

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third place:

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Individual *

Chilean Footballer of the Year Chilean Footballer of the Year is an award that the Circulo de Periodistas de Chile annually grants, to those Chilean soccer players who during the season of Primera División de Chile have obtained the greater number of points, in agreement with th ...

: 1996

References

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