Mauro Rosales

Mauro Rosales

Personal information
Full name	Mauro Damián Rosales
Date of birth	(1981-02-24) February 24, 1981 (age 31)
Place of birth	Villa María, Argentina
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Seattle Sounders FC
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2004	Newell's Old Boys	119	(30)
2004–2006	Ajax	63	(6)
2007–2010	River Plate	64	(4)
2011–	Seattle Sounders FC	33	(6)
National team‡
2001	Argentina U20	5	(0)
2004	Argentina Olympic	6	(1)
2004	Argentina	10	(1)
Honours Competitor for  Argentina Men's Football Gold 2004 Athens Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 21, 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 18, 2011

Mauro Damián Rosales (born 24 February 1981 in Villa María) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer. Rosales is a winger/forward best known for his pace and crossing ability.

Career

Club

Rosales began his career with Newell's Old Boys. His play with Newell's attracted the interest of top European clubs and in 2004 he joined Dutch top side Ajax. While with Ajax Rosales appeared in 63 league matches scoring 6 goals. In 2007 Rosales left Ajax returning to Argentina to play for River Plate for a fee of 1.8 million euros. In 2008 he was part of the squad that won the Clausura 2008 tournament, the club's first title in four years.

Seattle Sounders FC

In January 2011 it was reported that he would be joining Querétaro F.C. of Mexico's Primera División. However, he was not signed by the Mexican club. In late February 2011 he went on trial with Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer in the United States. On March 18, 2011, following a successful trial, the club officially signed Rosales.^[1] During Rosales' first season with Seattle, he scored 5 goals in 26 appearances. Additionally, he assisted on 13 goals which was third overall in the league. His 13 assists also set a club record for number of assists by a single player in a single season. Rosales won the MLS Newcomer of the Year Award for the 2011 Major League Soccer season^[2] and was subsequently signed to a new, multi-year deal on December 13, 2011.^[3]

International

Rosales was part of the Argentina Under-20 team that won the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship and the gold-medal winning Argentine national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

International goals

International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	September 4, 2004	Estadio Monumental "U", Lima, Peru	Peru	0–1	1-3	2006 World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Season	Club	Title
2001	Argentina U-20	FIFA World Youth Championship
2004	Argentina U-23	Olympic football tournament
2005	Ajax	Johan Cruijff Schaal
2006	Ajax	Dutch Cup
2006	Ajax	Johan Cruijff Schaal
2007	Ajax	Dutch Cup
Clausura 2008	River Plate	Argentine Primera
2011	Seattle Sounders FC	Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Individual

• MLS Newcomer of the Year: 2011

See also

• List of current MLS players

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mauro Rosales

• MLS player profile
• Mauro Rosales – FIFA competition record
• Mauro Rosales at National-Football-Teams.com
• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
• (Spanish) River Plate player profile

v t e Argentina squad – 2004 Copa América Runners-up 1 Abbondanzieri 2 Ayala (c) 3 Sorín 4 Quiroga 5 Mascherano 6 Heinze 7 Saviola 8 Zanetti 9 Figueroa 10 D'Alessandro 11 Tévez 12 Cavallero 13 Placente 14 Rodriguez 15 Fernández 16 L.González 17 M.González 18 K.González 19 Delgado 20 Medina 21 Rosales 22 Coloccini Coach: Bielsa

v t e Argentina squad – 2004 Olympic Gold Medalists 1 Caballero 2 Ayala (c) 3 Burdisso 4 Coloccini 5 Mascherano 6 Heinze 7 Saviola 8 Delgado 9 Figueroa 10 Tévez 11 K. Gonzalez 12 Rosales 13 Medina 14 Rodríguez 15 D'Alessandro 16 L. González 17 M. González 18 Lux Coach: Bielsa