Dwayne Anthony De Rosario OOnt (born May 15, 1978) is a Canadian former professional

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player, who played as a forward or as an

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. De Rosario last played for the

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of the

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. A versatile

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, he played for the

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and

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early in his career. He came to prominence in the 2000s playing in

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for the

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and D.C. United. A four-time

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champion, he also won the 2011 MLS Most Valuable Player award. He is the ninth-leading scorer in MLS history with 104 goals. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most decorated Canadian players of all time. Internationally, De Rosario represented the Canadian national team from 1998 to 2015 where he was the country's all-time leading scorer, with 22 goals in 81 games. De Rosario is a

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champion and four-time

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. As part of the

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's 2012 centennial celebration, he was honoured on the all-time Canada XI men's team.

Club career

Early career

Born in Scarborough,

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, De Rosario is the son of Guyanese immigrants to Canada. He began playing soccer at age three with Scarborough Blizzard SC, later playing with the Malvern Majors. As a 14-year-old, De Rosario rejected an offer from

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after a successful trial because he was not ready to commit to living in Italy. De Rosario began his professional career in 1997 at the age of 18, signing with the Toronto Lynx of the A-League. Halfway through the season, however, De Rosario signed with German side FSV Zwickau. After two seasons with Zwickau, De Rosario returned to North America, signing with the Richmond Kickers in 1999. After a slow 1999 season, in which he registered two goals and five assists, De Rosario scored fifteen goals and provided five assists while leading the team to a 20–6–1 record in 2000.

San Jose Earthquakes

The next season, when Canadian

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was named head coach of the

, De Rosario was one of his first acquisitions. De Rosario proved Yallop's judgment right, scoring five goals and four assists in only 1,072 minutes for the Earthquakes in 2001, playing an important role as the team went on to win the

; he scored the

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in the final and was named MLS Cup MVP. De Rosario had similar success in 2002, registering four goals and eight assists in 1,637 minutes, though the Quakes fell short of a repeat. In 2003, a torn ACL hobbled De Rosario for much of the season but he still managed to make a late surge, registering four goals and three assists in only 686 minutes and helping lead the team to a second MLS Cup championship. De Rosario played 1,211 minutes in 2004, scoring five goals, including the 2004

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, and three assists. In December 2004 De Rosario had a trial with Nottingham Forest, but he was not offered a contract by the team. In 2005, following

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's departure, De Rosario moved to midfield and promptly led MLS in assists with 13, while scoring nine goals, including the 2005 MLS Goal of the Year – the only player ever to receive that honour in two consecutive years – for a powerful bending free kick in the last regular season game against the

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. He was named to the MLS Best XI six times (2005–07, 2009–11).

Houston Dynamo

Due to San Jose's failure to reach a stadium agreement with AEG, De Rosario, along with the rest of his Earthquakes teammates, moved to Houston for the 2006 season. During the

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in Chicago, De Rosario scored the only goal of the game in the 70th minute to lift the MLS All Stars to a 1–0 win over

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, a pre-season friendly for the London club. De Rosario was one of only four players on the

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team to play the entire match. De Rosario and the Houston Dynamo captured the

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title by beating the

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on November 12, 2006. The Dynamo won in a

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, and De Rosario successfully converted his penalty kick. De Rosario signed a contract extension with Houston through 2010, where he was reported to make $325,000 per year. He was later transferred to Toronto before the end of his contract. The next year, De Rosario assisted on

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's equalizing goal and scored the winning goal of the

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final, giving Houston a 2–1 win over the Revolution and the Dynamo their second championship. De Rosario was named MLS Cup MVP, the first player ever to win the award twice. De Rosario made his third consecutive all-star appearance at the 2008 MLS All-Star Game in his home country, when the game was held in Toronto. He scored the decisive goal on a penalty kick in the 69th minute in the MLS All-Stars' 3–2 victory over

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Toronto FC

De Rosario was traded to

on December 12, 2008, in return for Julius James and allocation money, after long speculation that De Rosario would move to his hometown club. He made his competitive debut for Toronto FC on Saturday, March 21 against the

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, setting up

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for Toronto's first goal in a 3–2 victory. He scored his first goal for Toronto from a header in a 1–1 draw at BMO Field against FC Dallas. De Rosario was expected to miss the first two to four weeks of Toronto FC's training camp due to a calf injury obtained in the January 31, 2010, match against Jamaica, and returned to game action in Toronto's 1–0 preseason win versus the

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. On April 8, 2010, De Rosario was named

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of Toronto FC, the second in the club's history, after the retirement of

. Two days later, De Rosario scored his first goal of the 2010 season, his team's first, in a 4–1 loss to the

. On April 15, 2010, De Rosario scored twice in Toronto's 2–1 home opener win against the

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. In his next game versus the

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, De Rosario scored his fourth goal of the season, and more importantly, became Toronto FC's all-time leading scorer in the regular season. De Rosario again found the back of the net on April 25 in a 2–0 home win against

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, scoring the first goal, his fifth of the season. Until

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scored the second goal for Toronto, De Rosario had previously scored all of Toronto's goals up until that point in the season. For his efforts in that game, he was awarded the MLS Player of the Week for week 5. De Rosario was again honoured with the Player of the Week award on week 10 of the MLS season, for his two-goal performance against his former team the

. De Rosario had scored the second and third goal in Toronto FC's 3–1 win. De Rosario continued to have a successful 2010 season for Toronto, culminating in a spot on the MLS All-Star team, scoring a goal in the 5–2 loss to

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. On August 3, 2010, De Rosario scored against C.D. Motagua in the second leg of Toronto FC's CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round tie, which at the time, put TFC ahead on 2–1 on aggregate. They would eventually win 3–2 on aggregate. On December 28, De Rosario was confirmed to be on trial with

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club

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by manager

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. Dwayne and Celtic inquired about the possibility of a short-term loan deal until the MLS season kicked off in March, however new Toronto FC coach

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and the league denied any further negotiations. De Rosario scored the first Toronto goal of the 2011 season on March 19 in a 4–2 away defeat to

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in what was the league's first all Canadian match up. The goal scored in the 20th minute was also the 8000th goal scored in Major League Soccer's history.

New York Red Bulls

acquired De Rosario on April 1, 2011, in exchange for midfielder

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, defender

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and a first round

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pick. He scored his first goal for New York on a penalty, as the second goal, in a 3–2 loss to

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D.C. United

D.C. United acquired De Rosario on June 27, 2011, in exchange for midfielder

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. He scored his first goal for the club against his former club

on his return to Red Bull Arena. On July 30, 2011, his double gave United a 2–0 victory over former club, San Jose. On August 6, 2011, he led United to a 3–3 draw against Toronto F.C. with his hat-trick. All three goals were scored while United played with ten men following an early ejection of goalkeeper Bill Hamid. His second hat-trick was recorded on September 25, 2011, as he recorded all three goals in the span of 9 minutes, setting another MLS record. De Rosario completed the season with a total of 16 goals and 12 assists over 32 games. Of those, 13 goals and 7 assists were made during his 17 games with United. On August 29, 2012, De Rosario scored his 100th MLS goal, in a 2–2 home draw against the Red Bulls. He was the seventh player to reach the milestone.

Return to Toronto FC

After having his option declined by D.C. United, De Rosario returned to Toronto FC on December 18, 2013, after being chosen in the

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. He officially signed with the club on January 9, 2014. It was announced on December 3, 2014, that Toronto had declined the option to renew De Rosario's contract.

Brief retirement

De Rosario announced his retirement on May 10, 2015, and that he would be taking an ambassador role with

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Mississauga MetroStars

In October 2018 De Rosario came out of retirement to sign with the newly formed MASL club, the

; he later scored his first goal for the club in the MetroStars's opening match, an 11–3 loss away to the

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International career

De Rosario represented the Canadian U-20 team at the 1997

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, and the Canadian U-23 team at the

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. He received his first senior cap for

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on May 18, 1998, against FYR Macedonia at the age of 20. He won the

with Canada and represented them as well at the

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. In 2007, De Rosario won the male Canadian Player of the Year award making it three consecutive years receiving the honour. In 2007, he scored five goals in eight games, the most in a year for the CMNT since

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in 1993. De Rosario was picked for his first

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in four years, after being selected by coach Stephen Hart in late May 2011 for the 23-man tournament roster. After a disappointing, 2–0 defeat to

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in the opening game of the group Canada failed to exit the group with a 1–1–1 record, they only managed to score two goals both from De Rosario at the penalty spot. De Rosario continued his goal scoring for with two goals in the opening stage of

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, one came against

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in early September and the other against

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in mid November. His goal against Saint Kitts, was his 19th international goal which tied him as Canadian all-time top goal scorer with Dale Mitchell. On December 14, De Rosario was awarded 2011

receiving 47.7% of the vote, Simeon Jackson in second and Josh Simpson finishing in third. This was the fourth time De Rosario was honoured with the award. On September 7, 2012, De Rosario scored his 20th goal for Canada in a

match against

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, making him the all-time leading goal scorer for Canada. In De Rosario's final appearance for Canada, he scored a goal in a 1–1 draw with

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on January 19, 2015. De Rosario was the country's all-time leading male goalscorer, with 22 international goals in 81 matches, until

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surpassed his record in 2022.

Personal life

De Rosario adopted a strict vegan diet in 1994, but started eating fish ten years later. He is married to Brandy De Rosario and has four children, including his sons Osaze and Adisa, who are also professional soccer players. His cousin is Olympic hurdler

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. He was appointed to the

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in February 2020. His autobiography 'DeRo: My Life', written with

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was published in May 2021 by ECW Press.

DeRo United Futbol Academy

In 2012, De Rosario established the

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. They entered a team in the

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beginning in 2018. In June 2021, the club became an official affiliate team of De Rosario's former club

, joining their academy system and re-branded as DeRo TFC.

Career statistics

Club

*1.Includes

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, and U.S. Open Cup. *2.Includes

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and

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. *3.Includes

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and

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International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each De Rosario goal''.

Honours

Club

San Jose Earthquakes *

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2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A ...

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2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; " Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discover ...

Houston Dynamo *

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro votes to declare independence from Serbia; The 2006 ...

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple Inc., Apple's first iPhone (1st generation), iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakis ...

Toronto FC *

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; Protests ...

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

D.C. United * U.S. Open Cup:

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

International

Canada *

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

Individual

MLS MVP Award The Landon Donovan MVP Award is an annual award for MLS players. It is voted on by media, MLS players, and club management and is given to the player deemed the most valuable player in the league each season. From 1996 to 2007, the award was kno ...

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrates ...

MLS All-Star The Major League Soccer All-Star Game is an annual soccer game held by Major League Soccer featuring selected players from the league against an international club or selected players from Liga MX. MLS initially adopted a traditional all-star ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

* MLS Best XI:

MLS Golden Boot The MLS Golden Boot (currently commercially termed "Audi Golden Boot") has been awarded since the 2005 season to Major League Soccer's regular–season leading scorer. The award replaced the MLS Scoring Champion Award that was awarded since the le ...

* MLS Goal of the Year Award:

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...

George Gross Memorial Trophy The George Gross Memorial Trophy is awarded to the most valuable player of the Canadian Championship. It is named after George Gross, a highly respected sports journalist who covered soccer for the ''Toronto Telegram'' and ''Toronto Sun''. The i ...

* Canadian Players of the Year: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011 * Red Patch Boys Player of the Year: 2009 *Major League Soccer 25 Greatest Players *

Ontario Sports Hall of Fame The Ontario Sports Hall of Fame is an association dedicated to honouring athletes and personalities with outstanding achievement in sports in Ontario, Canada. The hall of fame was established in 1994 by Bruce Prentice, following his 15-year tenure ...

inductee, 2019 * The Order of Ontario appointee, 2020https://www.ontario.ca/orders-in-council/oc-2122020.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:De Rosario, Dwayne 1978 births Living people Canadian sportspeople of Guyanese descent Sportspeople from Scarborough, Toronto Soccer players from Toronto Canadian soccer players Association football midfielders Association football forwards Toronto Lynx players FSV Zwickau players Richmond Kickers players San Jose Earthquakes players Houston Dynamo FC players Toronto FC players New York Red Bulls players D.C. United players Mississauga MetroStars players A-League (1995–2004) players 2. Bundesliga players Major League Soccer players Major League Soccer All-Stars Major League Soccer MVPs Designated Players (MLS) Major Arena Soccer League players Pan American Games competitors for Canada Footballers at the 1999 Pan American Games Canada men's youth international soccer players Canada men's under-23 international soccer players Canada men's international soccer players 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players CONCACAF Gold Cup-winning players Canadian expatriate soccer players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate soccer players in the United States Members of the Order of Ontario