Sebastián Rozental
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sebastián Rozental Igualt | ||
Date of birth | 1 September 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1996 | Universidad Católica | 75 | (39) |
1997–2002 | Rangers[1] | 17 | (3) |
1999 | → Universidad Católica (loan) | 27 | (22) |
2000 | → Independiente (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2001 | → Colo-Colo (loan) | 22 | (8) |
2002–2003 | Grasshoppers | 22 | (1) |
2003–2004 | Unión Española | 39 | (11) |
2005 | Universidad Católica | 10 | (1) |
2005 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 9 | (2) |
2006 | Columbus Crew | 20 | (3) |
2007 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 6 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Maccabi Netanya | 14 | (1) |
Total | 279 | (94) | |
National team | |||
1993 | Chile U17 | 5 | (4) |
1995 | Chile U20 | 3 | (3) |
1995–2000 | Chile | 27 | (2) |
1998 | Chile B | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Sebastián Rozental Igualt (Hebrew: סבסטיאן רוזנטל; born 1 September 1976) is a retired Chilean professional footballer.
On the club level, Rozental has played for Universidad Católica (1992–1996 and 2005), Colo-Colo (2001), and Unión Española (2003–04) in his native Chile, Rangers (1997–2000) in Scotland, where he became the first player from South America to play for the club, Independiente (2001) in Argentina, Grasshoppers (2003–04) in Switzerland, and Puerto Rico Islanders in the USL First Division (2005).
Early and personal life[]
Rozental was born in Santiago, Chile, and is Jewish.[2][3][4]
Club career[]
Rangers[]
Rozental became Rangers' first South American player when he signed for £4m on 13 December 1996, the most expensive signing in Chilean history.[4][5] He arrived at Rangers as a promising young talent, as he had broken into the Chilean national team and was challenging Marcelo Salas and Iván Zamorano for a place in the starting eleven, following a decent scoring record at his club. He made his debut as a substitute in a league match at Motherwell.[6] However injury struck in his second appearance for Rangers versus St Johnstone in the Scottish Cup; he started the game well and scored his first goal for the club, but was then taken off with a knee injury.[7] He made just 3 appearances in 1997-98[8] and another 3 in 1998-99.[9] He had his first significant run in the team in the second half of the 1999-2000 season, helping Rangers complete a league and cup double. He made 11 appearances and scored 3 goals in the league that season,[10] and scored twice in their cup semi final win over Ayr United.[11] He was however left out of the squad for the final. He made 21 appearances for Rangers, scoring 6 goals.
Late career[]
He was signed by the Columbus Crew on 13 January 2006.[12] His first goal as a Crew member came on a penalty kick on 15 April against the Chicago Fire. He played 20 games and scored 3 goals total during the 2006 season.
After spending one season with the Columbus Crew, Rozental got the Israeli citizenship[13] and left for Israel and signed with Maccabi Petah Tikva. After failing to impress in one half season in Petah Tikva, Rozental signed a one-year contract with Maccabi Netanya.[14]
International career[]
Rozental has been capped for Chile 27 times scoring 2 goals. In addition, he played for Chile B against England B on February 10, 1998. Chile won by 2-1.[15]
He captained the Chilean squad that finished third in the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship and then scored 3 goals at the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Honours[]
Player[]
Club[]
Universidad Católica[]
- Copa Interamericana Winner: 1993
- Copa Chile Winner: 1995
- Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División Winner: 2002 (C)
Rangers[]
- Scottish Premier League Winner: 1999-00
Grasshopper Club Zürich[]
- Swiss Super League Winner: 2002-03
Individual[]
See also[]
- List of select Jewish football (association; soccer) players
References[]
- ^ Sebastián Rozental at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Day by Day in Jewish Sports History - Bob Wechsler
- ^ Football Culture: Local Conflicts, Global Visions
- ^ a b "Rozental, Sebastian": Jews In Sports
- ^ "On This Day: Dec 13". Rangers.co.uk. 13 December 2017.
- ^ "Golden Gascoigne". Independent. 19 January 1997. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ^ "Rozental short and sweet". Independent. 26 January 1997. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ^ "Games played by Sebastian Rozental in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ^ "Games played by Sebastian Rozental in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ^ "Games played by Sebastian Rozental in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ^ "Ayr destroyed by rampant Gers". BBC. 8 April 2000. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ^ "Columbus adds Rozental, gets Ward from MetroStars for Henderson", SoccerTimes.com, 13 January 2006, retrieved 5 December 2006.
- ^ "Sebastián Rozental: En el fútbol chileno es normal cortar cosas que se hacen bien" (in Spanish). ADN Radio Chile. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ Levy, Tomer. מכבי נתניה סיכמה לעונה אחת עם סבסטיאן רוזנטל. Ma'ariv (in Hebrew). Retrieved 29 May 2007.
- ^ "Inglaterra 1 – Chile 2: Cuando la (otra) Selección venció a Inglaterra". Guioteca.com (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Chilean Jews
- Sportspeople from Santiago
- Association football midfielders
- Association football forwards
- Jewish footballers
- Chilean footballers
- Chilean expatriate footballers
- Chile international footballers
- Chile under-20 international footballers
- Chile youth international footballers
- Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
- Rangers F.C. players
- Club Atlético Independiente footballers
- Colo-Colo footballers
- Grasshopper Club Zürich players
- Unión Española footballers
- Puerto Rico Islanders players
- Columbus Crew players
- Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. players
- Maccabi Netanya F.C. players
- Chilean Primera División players
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish Premier League players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Swiss Super League players
- USL First Division players
- Major League Soccer players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Expatriate footballers in Puerto Rico
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Puerto Rico
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- Chilean emigrants to Israel
- Naturalized citizens of Israel
- Israeli people of Chilean descent
- Jewish Chilean sportspeople
- People from Santiago