Diego Rossi

Diego Martín Rossi Marashlian (born 5 March 1998) is a Uruguayan professional footballer of Italian and Armenian descent who plays as a forward for MLS club Los Angeles FC.[1][2]

Diego Rossi Marashlian
Rossi, celebrating with the Uruguayan national under-20 football team, after becoming champions of the 2017 South American U-20 Championship.
Personal information
Full name Diego Martín Rossi Marashlian
Date of birth (1998-03-05) 5 March 1998
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Los Angeles FC
Number 9
Youth career
2003–2008 Uruguay Solymar
2008–2016 Peñarol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Peñarol 46 (13)
2018– Los Angeles FC 68 (29)
National team‡
2013 Uruguay U15 26 (15)
2014–2015 Uruguay U17 23 (8)
2015 Uruguay U18 6 (0)
2015–2017 Uruguay U20 18 (3)
2020 Uruguay U23 9 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 March 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 February 2020

Career

Youth

Rossi began playing football as a child at the El Queso school in Solymar. At the age of six, Rossi moved to the Solymar Uruguay Sports Center, with which he competed in the Interbalnearian League of Youth Football. He demonstrated his ability in the club and caught the attention of Peñarol, where he joined their academy at the age of 12. Néstor Gonçalves discovered him and was invited to play a friendly tournament in Alegrete with the a team, where he eventually was offered a contract.

At the age of 14, Rossi was the top scorer for the team's under-14 team in the Uruguayan seven tier, where he was a top scorer in 2012 with 42 goals in 27 matches.[3][4] The following year, Rossi joined the Peñarol youth team in the Uruguayan sixth division, where he scored 25 times in 17 appearances.[5] With Penarol's U-15 team, Rossi helped the team win the Apertura Tournament and the Uruguayan U-15 Championship as well as the Fabian Lomineto Cup.[6][7]

In 2014, he was the top scorer of the Uruguayan Premier Division Under-16 Tournament, scoring 17 goals in the first half of the year, where Peñarol came out champions of the U-16 Clausura Tournament.[8]

On 7 April 2015, he was invited to train with the first-team squad of Peñarol for the first time, along with his teammates from the under-17 team Santiago Bueno and Federico Valverde.[9]

He was promoted by Pablo Bengoechea to the first team for the 2015–16 season in August. Diego alternated the practices with their U-18 team and Peñarol's senior team, but he played with the U-17 club and in the Third or Fourth Division for the entirety of the season.

He finished 2015 helping the Peñarol's U-17 team win the Apertura U-17 Tournament, and after beating Danubio in a final in which he scored a goal.[10] For the fourth consecutive year he was the top scorer of the championship, with 22 goals plus 1 in the final, although he played 10 games in the Fourth and Third Division.[11]

Peñarol

On 5 January 2016, Rossi began the preseason with the Peñarol first team. He debuted with the club on 16 January 2016, in the Bandes Cup final, where he came on in the 7th minute for Gabriel Leyes in a 1–0 victory against Cerro Porteño. Rossi made his debut with the club at the age of 17 years and 317 days old. At the end of the 2015–16, Rossi was demoted to the second team following a change in managerial leadership, where Bengoechea was sacked and Jorge Orosmán da Silva took over.

Following a series of poor results, da Silva called Rossi into the first team, where on 19 April 2016, he made his full debut with the club, playing against Sporting Cristal in the 2016 Copa Libertadores group stage match. In the 2015–16 Uruguayan Championship, Rossi scored the team's first goal in a 3–1 win against Plaza Colonia.

Los Angeles

On 14 December 2017, Rossi was signed as a young designated player for Los Angeles FC of Major League Soccer, an expansion franchise that began play in 2018.[12] On 4 March 2018, Rossi made his MLS debut in Seattle against Seattle Sounders FC. In the 11th minute he scored in his first MLS game, and the first goal in Los Angeles FC history. The goal was also the fastest goal by an expansion team in MLS history.[13] On 8 August 2018, Rossi scored his first hat-trick in MLS during a USOC semifinal match against the Houston Dynamo, a game in which LAFC lost in penalty kicks.[14]

Personal life

Rossi earned his U.S. green card in February 2019.[15] This status also qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes. His father is of Italian descent, whereas his mother is of Armenian descent. Since 2018, he has received invitation to play for Armenia national football team and it's still ongoing.[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 March 2020

ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Peñarol2015–16Primera División61——1[lower-alpha 1]172
201661—2[lower-alpha 2]0—81
20173110—3[lower-alpha 3]02[lower-alpha 1]03610
Totals43120050315113
Los Angeles FC2018MLS321245—1[lower-alpha 4]03717
2019341631—2[lower-alpha 4]13918
202021002[lower-alpha 5]10042
Total 68297621318037
Career totals1114176716213150
Reference:[17]
  1. Appearances in league playoffs.
  2. Appearances in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.
  3. Appearances in the Copa Libertadores.
  4. Appearances in the MLS Cup playoffs.
  5. Appearances in the CONCACAF Champions League.

Honours

Peñarol

Los Angeles FC

International

Individual

References
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  2. "16 - Diego Rossi". auf.org.uy. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
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  4. "Campeones en Juveniles". auf.org.uy (in Spanish). Uruguayan Football Association. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  5. "Peñarol, galardonado en la Premiación de Juveniles". www.xn--pearol-xwa.org (in Spanish). Peñarol. 22 February 2014. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  6. "Juveniles: Los campeones del 2013". auf.org.uy (in Spanish). Uruguayan Football Association. 10 December 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  7. "Premiación de Juveniles 2013". auf.org.uy. Uruguayan Football Association. 29 January 2014. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  8. "Premiación Juveniles 2014". auf.org.uy (in Spanish). Uruguayan Football Association. 12 December 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  9. "Los "pibes" crecen: Valverde, Rossi y Bueno entrenan en primera". republica.com.uy (in Spanish). La República. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  10. Olascuaga, Joselo (5 December 2015). "Peñarol Campeón Sub-17". Tenfield (in Spanish). GOL TV. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  11. "El gol tatuado en el alma". ovaciondigital.com.uy (in Spanish). Ovación. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  12. "LAFC signs rising Uruguayan star Diego Rossi". Los Angeles Times. Ross Levinsohn. 14 December 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  13. "Timeline: Seattle Sounders FC vs. Los Angeles Football Club 03/04/2018". MLSSoccer.com. Major League Soccer. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  14. "Houston Dynamo 3 (7), LAFC 3 (6) - US Open Cup 2018 Match Recap". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  15. "LAFC Midfielder Eduard Atuesta And Forward Diego Rossi Obtain Green Cards". LAFC.com. Los Angeles FC. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  16. "Armenia coach: We need to determine the state of our football". mediamax.am. Mediamax. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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  20. "2019 MLS All-Star Roster". Major League Soccer. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
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