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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Alessandro Rosina | ||
| Date of birth | 31 January 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Belvedere Marittimo, Cosenza, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger, Attacking Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Zenit | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Parma | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–2005 | Parma | 25 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Hellas Verona (loan) | 17 | (2) |
| 2005–2009 | Torino | 143 | (32) |
| 2009– | Zenit | 9 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2007 | Italy U-21 | 32 | (4[1]) |
| 2007 | Italy | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:53, 11 November 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Alessandro Rosina (born 31 January 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Russian Premier League club FC Zenit St. Petersburg.
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Born in Belvedere Marittimo, Rosina started his career at Cittadella del Capo youth team at the age of five, where he caught the eye of Juventus, Roma and Milan scouts.[2] His father, however, decided to let him join Parma. He was subsequently brought up in the club's youth system.
Rosina spent 2001–2002 playing for Parma Primavera team. He was promoted to the first team next season, making his professional debut on 16 February 2003 against Juventus as a substitute for Hidetoshi Nakata. In two and a half years at the club, he made 25 league appearances.
With a change of team's formation, Rosina found first-team opportunities hard to come by. In January 2005 he was loaned to Hellas Verona, where he had a hugely successful spell.[2] After the end of the loan he was bought by Torino, then in Serie B.
Rosina was regarded as a revelation since his arrival to the club. He became the driving force behind Torino's 2005-2006 promotion campaign, making 42 appearances, scoring twelve times. In two subsequent Serie A seasons, he dragged the team to survival from relegation, averaging a goal every three games as well as providing assists. As a result, he earned the captain's armband in January 2008 and became a popular figure amongst Torino fans.[2] He was nicknamed Rosinaldo, a portmanteau of his last name and Ronaldo's name, due to his Brazilian-style flair.[3] He stayed loyal to Torino despite awakening the interest of Italian powerhouses, signing a contract extension until 2011 in 2007.
The 2008–2009 season was a major setback for Torino, as Rosina was unable to prevent the club from suffering relegation.
On July 31 2009, Rosina was sold to Russian Premier League club Zenit St. Petersburg for a fee in the region of €7 million, signing a 4 year contract with Sine-Belo-Golubyye.[4] Dick Advocaat, then-manager of Zenit who planned to quit the club at the end of the year to become Belgium coach, declared himself unhappy with the acquisition of Rosina and Sergei Kornilenko, labelling them newly appointed sporting director Igor Korneev's creatures, as the Dutch gaffer wished to sign two top-class forwards, namely Goran Pandev and Paolo Guerrero, instead.[5][6]
Rosina made his debut on 5 August 2009 against FC Nizhny Novgorod in Russian Cup and scored his first goal for Zenit in that match.
Rosina has been a member of the Italy U-21 team from 2004 to 2007.
On October 17, 2007, Rosina made his Italian national team debut against South Africa in an international friendly match.[7]
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