Oscar Pablo Rossi (27 July 1930 – 6 September 2012), nicknamed Coco, was an Argentine association football player. During his career in the 1950s and 1960s Rossi played for several clubs from Buenos Aires and was member of the Argentine squad in the

1962 FIFA World Cup The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the seventh edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. The qualification rounds took place be ...

Club career

Born in the Parque Patricios district of

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

Rossi began his career in 1950 at the local side

Club Atlético Huracán Club Atlético Huracán () is an Argentine sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is notable for its football team, that currently plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football ...

where he played until 1953 before spending a year in 1954 with

Racing Club de Avellaneda Racing Club de Avellaneda, officially known as Racing Club or shortened to just Racing, is an Argentine professional sports club based in Avellaneda, a city of the Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered o ...

. After the brief spell with Racing he returned to Huracán and played for them between 1955 and 1959. In 1960, he moved to another Buenos Aires side,

San Lorenzo de Almagro Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro, commonly known as San Lorenzo de Almagro or simply San Lorenzo (in English: ''Saint Lawrence''), is a sports club of Argentina in the Boedo district of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its football team ...

. While at San Lorenzo he formed a successful partnership with

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and competed in the

1960 Copa Libertadores The 1960 Copa de Campeones de América was the first season of the Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier club tournament. Seven association's clubs entered the first competition, with three not sending a representative. The first match o ...

, the competition's inaugural edition, where they were knocked out in the semi-final by Uruguayan side C.A. Peñarol. Rossi stayed with San Lorenzo until 1964. In 1967, he briefly played for

Club Almagro Club Almagro is an Argentine sports club from José Ingenieros, Buenos Aires, although its headquarters are in the Almagro district. The football team currently plays in the Primera Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league s ...

and his playing career ended in 1969 at Huracán. He played a total of 287 matches and scored 69 goals in the Argentine Primera División.

International career

Manager

Juan Carlos Lorenzo Juan Carlos "Toto" Lorenzo (; 27 October 1922 – 14 November 2001) was an Argentine football player and coach. He became an icon for Boca Juniors fans after he coached the club to its first two Copa Libertadores titles. Biography In his teens, ...

, who coached San Lorenzo from 1961 to 1962 before taking over Argentina national football team, called up Rossi and four other San Lorenzo players for the

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

. In the tournament Rossi played only in their opening 1–0 win against

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. After suffering a 3–1 defeat against England and a goalless draw against Hungary the team failed to progress further. A year later Rossi was member of the Argentina squad who won third place in the

1963 South American Championship The 1963 South American Championship was held in Bolivia between 10 and 31 March 1963. It was won by Bolivia with Paraguay second. This is, so far, Bolivia's only Copa America title. Squads For a complete list of participating squads see: '' ...

behind Bolivia and Paraguay, with Rossi appearing in four out of six games in the tournament. After retiring from playing Rossi briefly worked as a coach and had a managing spell in 1978 at

Club Atlético San Miguel Club Atlético San Miguel is an Argentine sports club from San Miguel, Buenos Aires The club's headquarters are located in San Miguel while its football stadium is erected in Los Polvorines district of Malvinas Argentinas Partido. Although many ...

who were at the time in

Primera D Metropolitana The Primera D is one of two leagues that form the fifth division of the Argentine football league system. Made up of 11 clubs from Buenos Aires Province, the league is the only one that remains amateur. The other league at level five is the Torneo ...

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