Roberto Rosato

Roberto Rosato
Roberto Rosato in the national team jersey in 1969
Personnel
birthday	August 18, 1943
place of birth	Chieri ,  Italy
date of death	June 20, 2010
Place of death	Chieri ,  Italy
size	176 cm
position	Defense
Juniors
Years	station
1957-1960	AC Turin
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1960-1966	AC Turin	131 (4)
1966-1973	AC Milan	187 (5)
1973-1976	CFC genoa	84 (1)
1977-1979	Valle d'Aosta Calcio	48 (1)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1965-1972	Italy	37 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Roberto Rosato , called Faccia d'Angelo ( German : Engelsgesicht ), (born August 18, 1943 in Chieri , † June 20, 2010 ibid) was an Italian football player . In the 1960s he won the World Cup as well as the European Cup of National Champions and Cup Winners with AC Milan . With Italy he became European champion in 1968 and vice world champion in 1970.

He was considered a typical representative of the catenaccio and became one of the best Italian defenders of his time.

Career

Rosato began his career in 1960 at AC Torino in Serie A . In the following season 1961/62 he had already won a regular place and another year later he won the Coppa Italia with Torino .

In 1966, Nereo Rocco , who had already trained him in Turin and was now a coach at AC Milan , brought him to Milan , where he reached the zenith and the greatest successes of his career. In the first season he won the Italian championship and the European Cup Winners' Cup with Milan , for which Milan had qualified in the previous season. In 1968 , under coach Ferruccio Valcareggi , Rosato was European champion with the Italian national team and in the following season 1968/69 he won the European Cup and the World Cup with Milan .

In 1970 Rosato was a finalist at the World Cup in the Italian national team . Previously, he was a participant in the game of the century , the semi-final won 4: 3 after Germany against Germany . In this game he successfully guarded the tournament's top scorer, Gerd Müller . Only after Rosato was substituted before extra time did Müller score his two goals. In total, Rosato came to 37 missions for the Squadra Azzurra .

In 1972 and 1973 Rosato won the Coppa Italia twice with Milan before moving to CFC Genoa for the 1973/74 season. There he had to relegate to Serie B in the first season . He spent a total of two seasons with Genoa in Serie B before being promoted back to Serie A at the end of the 1975/76 season. Rosato stayed in Genoa for one more season, but only came up with a total of three missions before ending his career.

Rosato died of a June 20, 2010 at the age of 66 years suffering from cancer . To pay his final respects, the Italian national soccer team played with a black ribbon in the World Cup match against New Zealand that day .

successes

National team:

• European champion : 1968
• Vice world champion : 1970

AC Turin:

• Coppa Italia : 1962/63

AC Milan:

• World Cup : 1969
• European Champion Clubs' Cup : 1968/69
• European Cup Winners' Cup : 1967/68 , 1972/73
• Italian champion : 1968/69
• Coppa Italia : 1966/67 , 1971/72 , 1972/73

CFC Genoa:

• Promotion to Serie A: 1975/76

literature

• Giovanni Tarello, Davide Enrico. Roberto Rosato, Faccia d'Angelo . GS Editrice, Santhià (TO) 2003. ISBN 88-87374-79-1

Web links

Commons : Roberto Rosato  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Roberto Rosato in the database of weltfussball.de
• Mission data at the Italian Association (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Italy mourns ex-national team player Rosato. sueddeutsche.de, June 20, 2010, archived from the original on June 24, 2010 ; Retrieved June 21, 2010 .