Adriano Rossato

Adriano Rossato
Personal information
Full name Adriano Fabiano Rossato
Date of birth (1977-08-27) 27 August 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Vila Velha, Brazil
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997 Botafogo 5 (0)
1998 Rio Branco-ES
1998 Criciúma
1999 Portuguesa-RJ
2000–2001 União Barbarense
2002 Marília
2002–2004 Nacional 64 (17)
2004 Porto 0 (0)
2004–2007 Real Sociedad 24 (1)
2005–2006 → Braga (loan) 19 (0)
2007 → União Leiria (loan) 11 (0)
2007–2009 Málaga 37 (2)
2009–2010 Salamanca 31 (3)
2011–2013 Comercial 23 (2)
Managerial career
2016–2017 Desportiva Ferroviária
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adriano Fabiano Rossato (born 27 August 1977 in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a left back, and is a manager.

Football career

During his Brazilian career, free kick specialist Rossato represented Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, Rio Branco Atlético Clube, Criciúma Esporte Clube, Associação Atlética Portuguesa (RJ), União Agrícola Barbarense Futebol Clube and Marília Atlético Clube, moving to Portugal in July 2002 with Madeira's C.D. Nacional. During two seasons he scored an impressive 17 Primeira Liga goals, including a hat-trick against S.C. Beira-Mar on 25 April 2004 (3–0 home win).[1]

Bought by FC Porto in July 2004, Rossato never played an official game for the northerners. He then joined La Liga side Real Sociedad,[2] scoring – from a free kick – in only his second season appearance, a 1–2 loss at Sevilla FC,[3] finishing with 22 matches.

For 2005–06, Rossato was loaned back to Portugal, signing with S.C. Braga on a one-year deal.[4] Having returned to Sociedad for the following campaign he returned, again on loan, to the Iberian neighbours, moving to U.D. Leiria in January 2007.[5]

Released in the summer of 2007, Rossato joined second division team Málaga CF, being instrumental in the Andalusians' 2008 top flight return after a two-year absence. He would miss, however, the vast majority of the next season due to injury;[6][7] his first match took place only on 17 May 2009, as he played the second half of a 1–2 away loss to Sporting de Gijón (12 minutes played).[8]

Because of his injuries, Málaga announced in July 2009 it would not renew Rossato's contract, so the player was released. Late in the following month the 32-year-old signed for another club in the country, second level's UD Salamanca.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ Nacional-Beira-Mar, 3–0: "Bombas" de Rossato carimbam ida à Europa (Nacional-Beira-Mar, 3–0: Rossato "bombs" stamp trip to Europe); Record, 26 April 2004 (in Portuguese)
  2. ^ Nuno Valente stays on; UEFA, 31 August 2004
  3. ^ La Real se hunde en Sevilla (Real hit bottom in Seville); El Mundo, 26 September 2004 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Braga right for Rossato; UEFA, 30 August 2005
  5. ^ U. Leiria: Rossato por empréstimo até final da época (U. Leiria: Rossato on loan until end of season); Futebol 365, 30 January 2007 (in Portuguese)
  6. ^ Fabiano Rossato evoluciona bien de su lesión (Fabiano Rossato recovering well from his injury); Málaga CF, 28 October 2008 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Rossato sufre una recaída, aunque se descarta una lesión grave (Rossato suffers relapse, but serious injury ruled out); Diario Sur, 12 December 2008 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Sporting Gijón 2–1 Málaga; ESPN Soccernet, 17 May 2009
  9. ^ Rossato ficha por la Unión (Rossato signs for Unión); Diario AS, 21 August 2009 (in Spanish)
  10. ^ El Salamanca tira de remontada ante el Levante (Salamanca display comeback ways against Levante); Marca, 7 November 2009 (in Spanish)