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Mauro Rosales
Mauro Damián Rosales (born 24 February
1981) is an Argentine former footballer who
Mauro Rosales
last played in Alumni. A winger/forward best
known for his pace and crossing ability, he
won a gold medal with Argentina at the 2004
Summer Olympics.

Club career
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 Personal information
joined Dutch top side Ajax. While with Ajax
Rosales appeared in 63 league matches Full name Mauro Damián Rosales
scoring 6 goals. In 2007 Rosales left Ajax Date of birth 24 February 1981
returning to Argentina to play for River Plate Place of birth Villa María, Argentina
for a fee of 1.8  million euros. He was part of Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
the squad that won the Clausura 2008 Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
tournament, the club's first title in four years.
Senior career*
In January 2011 it was reported that he would Years Team Apps (Gls)
be joining Querétaro F.C. of Mexico's Primera 1999–2004 Newell's Old Boys 119 (30)
División. However, he was not signed by the 2004–2007 Ajax 63 (6)
Mexican club. In late February 2011 he went 2007–2010 River Plate 64 (4)
on trial with Seattle Sounders FC of Major
2011–2013 Seattle Sounders FC 86 (12)
League Soccer in the United States. On 18
March 2011, following a successful trial, the 2014 Chivas USA 21 (0)

club officially signed Rosales.[1] During 2014–2015 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 35 (1)

Rosales' first season with Seattle, he scored 5 2016 FC Dallas 23 (2)
goals in 26 appearances. Additionally, he 2017 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 7 (0)
assisted on 13 goals which was third overall in 2019 Alumni 2 (1)
the league. His 13 assists also set a club record International career‡
for number of assists by a single player in a
2001 Argentina U20 5 (0)
single season. Rosales won the MLS
Newcomer of the Year Award for the 2011 2004 Argentina Olympic 6 (1)
Major League Soccer season[2] and was 2004 Argentina 10 (1)
subsequently signed to a new, multi-year deal Honours
on 13 December 2011. In his three years with
Representing  Argentina
the club Rosales tallied 12 goals and 34 assists
in league play. He also helped the club in Men's Football
capturing the 2011 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open 2004 Athens Team Competition
Cup.
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as
of 12:38, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
Rosales was traded to Chivas USA in exchange
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 March
for Tristan Bowen on 11 December 2013.[3] 2011

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Rosales was traded to Vancouver Whitecaps FC in exchange for Nigel Reo-Coker on 21 August
2014.[4] At the end of the 2014 season, Rosales opted out of the MLS re-entry draft for the next
season[5] later signing with the club for an additional year[6] The following year the Whitecaps did
not offer a contract to Rosales and he was made eligible for the MLS reentry draft.[7] He started in
29 of the 35 games he played for the club scoring one goal and assisting in six other in 2321
minutes of regular season play and an additional 91 minutes in two games in the post-season.[8]

On 16 February 2016, Rosales was traded to FC Dallas in exchange for Blas Pérez.

International career

Rosales was part of the Argentina Under-20 team that won the 2001 FIFA World Youth
Championship and the gold-medal winning Argentina national team at the 2004 Summer
Olympics. Also in 2004, he was part of the Argentina squad that finished runners-up in that year's
Copa America.

Personal life
Rosales earned his U.S. green card in March 2012.[9] This status qualifies him as a domestic player
for MLS roster purposes.

Career statistics

International

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition

4 September Estadio Monumental "U",  Peru 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 0–1 1–3
2004 Lima, Peru qualification

Honours

Club

Ajax

KNVB Cup: 2005–06, 2006–07

Johan Cruijff Shield: 2005, 2006

River Plate

Primera División: Clausura 2008

Seattle Sounders FC

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: 2011

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Canadian Championship: 2015

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FC Dallas

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: 2016

Supporters' Shield: 2016

International

Argentina U-20

FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2001

Argentina U-23

Summer Olympic Games: 2004

Individual
MLS Newcomer of the Year: 2011

References
1. "Sounders FC Signs Argentine Midfielder Mauro Rosales" (http://www.soundersfc.com/News/A
rticles/2011/03-March/Rosales-signed.aspx). Seattle Sounders FC. Sounders FC Public
Relations. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
2. "Mauro Rosales - Seattle Sounders Football Club" (https://web.archive.org/web/201201050044
16/http://www.soundersfc.com/Team/Players/Mauro-Rosales.aspx). Soundersfc.com. Archived
from the original (http://www.soundersfc.com/Team/Players/Mauro-Rosales.aspx) on 5 January
2012.
3. "News" (https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034222/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/
2013/12/11/seattle-sounders-trade-mauro-rosales-chivas-usa-tristan-bowen-swap-allocatio).
Archived from the original (http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/12/11/seattle-sounders
-trade-mauro-rosales-chivas-usa-tristan-bowen-swap-allocatio) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved
11 December 2013.
4. "Vancouver Whitecaps, Chivas USA trade midfielders Nigel Reo-Coker and Mauro Rosales" (ht
tp://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/08/21/vancouver-whitecaps-chivas-usa-trade-midfie
lders-nigel-reo-coker-and-mauro-r). MLSsoccer.com. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August
2014.
5. "Whitecaps' Rosales opts out of MLS re-entry draft, may stay in Vancouver" (https://vancouvers
un.com/sports/Whitecaps+Rosales+opts+entry+draft+stay+Vancouver/10464814/story.html).
www.vancouversun.com. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
6. "Whitecaps FC re-sign midfielder Mauro Rosales" (http://www.whitecapsfc.com/post/2014/12/1
6/whitecaps-fc-re-sign-midfielder-mauro-rosales). Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved
23 January 2016.
7. "Busy week ahead in MLS: 'There has certainly been a lot of discussion' " (http://www.whitecap
sfc.com/post/2015/12/07/busy-week-ahead-mls). Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved
23 January 2016.
8. "Mauro Rosales" (http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/mauro-rosales). MLSsoccer.com.
Retrieved 23 January 2016.

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9. "Fernandez and Rosales receive U.S. Green Cards" (http://www.soundersfc.com/post/2012/03/

09/fernandez-and-rosales-receive-us-green-cards). Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved
23 January 2016.

External links
Mauro Rosales (https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/mauro-rosales) at Major League Soccer
Mauro Rosales (https://web.archive.org/web/20150905/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/pla
yers-coaches/people=181456/index.html) – FIFA competition record (archived)
Mauro Rosales (https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/7657.html) at National-
Football-Teams.com
Mauro Rosales – Argentine Primera statistics (https://web.archive.org/web/20110327130920/ht
tp://www.futbolxxi.com/Futbolista.aspx?ID=9880&SEOFutbolista=Rosales+Mauro+Damian) at
Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)
River Plate player profile (http://www.cariverplate.com.ar/tpl.php?cat=es&url=ficha-jugador.php
&id=115) (in Spanish)

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