Daniele De Rossi

Daniele De Rossi, <small>Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI</small> (born 24 July 1983 in Rome) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Roma. With Roma he has won the Coppa Italia twice and the 2007 Supercoppa Italiana. He was named Serie A Young Footballer of the Year in 2006 and the Italian Footballer of the Year in 2009. He is the current Roma's vice-captain and nicknamed as Capitan Futuro (English: Future Captain) due to his high probabality as heir-apparent to Francesco Totti's captain armband.

De Rossi has represented Italy at under-19, under-20, under-21, and senior levels. He was part of the 2006 FIFA World Cup winning-squad and has also participated at Euro 2008, the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

De Rossi joined the youth system of Roma from Ostiamare, where he had played as a striker in 2000. He made his first-team debut on 10 October 2001 against Belgian side Anderlecht in the Champions League. He made his Serie A debut on 25 January 2003 against Como. His first Serie A start, along with his first goal, came on 10 May 2003 against Torino.

In March 2006, De Rossi was praised by referee Mauro Bergonzi for fair play. Roma were trailing 1–0 in a Serie A match against Messina, when De Rossi scored a goal with his hand, Bergonzi did not...
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