In 2003–04 Rossi joined Genoa C.F.C. in the second level, on loan, being an instrumental figure from the start and scoring a career-best eight goals in his first year. He then returned to Como, but returned to his previous club in the 2005 January transfer window after his contract expired.
Genoa was initially promoted at the end of the season, as champions, but suffered relegation to Serie C1 instead, with Rossi remaining with the team, which achieved promotion in 2006. In the 2006–07 campaign he became club captain, and the club returned to division one alongside Juventus FC, under manager Gian Piero Gasperini. The player's versatility – he was capable of producing as either a defender or a midfielder, on either side – made him an undisputed starter, and he contributed to that promotion with three goals.
On 30 March 2008, in a league game against Reggina Calcio, Rossi scored his second goal in the top level, closing the score in the 90th minute (2–0, at home). He only missed four games as the club finally finished tenth.
Although he appeared less in the 2008–09 season, Rossi netted on five occasions. On 28 November 2009, during the 101st Derby della Lanterna, against U.C. Sampdoria, he scored the second goal, in an eventual 3–0 home win;[2] in February of the following year, he scored against A.C. Chievo Verona (the game's only) and added two the following week at Juventus, albeit in a 2–3 away defeat.[3]
marco, rossi, footballer, born, 1978, marco, rossi, born, april, 1978, retired, italian, footballer, played, right, midfielder, marco, rossipersonal, informationdate, birth, 1978, april, 1978, place, birthseravezza, italyheight1, position, midfielderyouth, car. Marco Rossi born 1 April 1978 is a retired Italian footballer who played as a right midfielder Marco RossiPersonal informationDate of birth 1978 04 01 1 April 1978 age 46 Place of birthSeravezza ItalyHeight1 79 m 5 ft 10 in Position s MidfielderYouth careerLuccheseSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1995 1998Lucchese31 0 1998 2000Salernitana45 3 2000 2002Fiorentina36 1 2002 2004Como19 0 2003 2004 Genoa loan 38 8 2004 2013Genoa230 30 International career1997 2000Italy U216 0 Club domestic league appearances and goals correct as of 20 May 2012 He played most of his 18 year professional career with Genoa appearing in nearly 300 official games during nine seasons six spent in Serie A Contents 1 Club career 1 1 Early years 1 2 Genoa 2 International career 3 Honours 3 1 Club 3 2 International 4 References 5 External linksClub career editEarly years edit Born in Seravezza in the Province of Lucca Rossi started playing football with Lucchese in Serie B moving for the 1998 99 campaign to Salernitana newly promoted to Serie A After two seasons he joined A C Fiorentina for 17 billion lire 8 78 million in cash plus player deal 1 and returned to the top division remaining in Florence for two years In 2002 Rossi left Fiorentina due to unpaid wages the club declared bankruptcy shortly after and signed with modest Como appearing sparingly in his first season and being relegated from the top flight Genoa edit In 2003 04 Rossi joined Genoa C F C in the second level on loan being an instrumental figure from the start and scoring a career best eight goals in his first year He then returned to Como but returned to his previous club in the 2005 January transfer window after his contract expired Genoa was initially promoted at the end of the season as champions but suffered relegation to Serie C1 instead with Rossi remaining with the team which achieved promotion in 2006 In the 2006 07 campaign he became club captain and the club returned to division one alongside Juventus FC under manager Gian Piero Gasperini The player s versatility he was capable of producing as either a defender or a midfielder on either side made him an undisputed starter and he contributed to that promotion with three goals On 30 March 2008 in a league game against Reggina Calcio Rossi scored his second goal in the top level closing the score in the 90th minute 2 0 at home He only missed four games as the club finally finished tenth Although he appeared less in the 2008 09 season Rossi netted on five occasions On 28 November 2009 during the 101st Derby della Lanterna against U C Sampdoria he scored the second goal in an eventual 3 0 home win 2 in February of the following year he scored against A C Chievo Verona the game s only and added two the following week at Juventus albeit in a 2 3 away defeat 3 Rossi retired from football at the end of the 2012 13 campaign aged 35 He was immediately appointed Genoa s director of football 4 International career editRossi collected six caps for the Italian U 21s helping the national side win the 2000 European Championship Honours editClub edit Fiorentina Coppa Italia 2000 01 International edit Italy Under 21 UEFA European Under 21 Football Championship 2000References edit A C Fiorentina S p A bilancio financial report and accounts on 30 June 2001 in Italian PDF purchased from Italian C C I A A Genoa 3 0 Sampdoria ESPN Soccernet 28 November 2009 Del Piero s disputed spot kick ESPN Soccernet 14 February 2010 Rossi hangs up Genoa boots Football Italia 27 July 2013External links editGenoa official profile in Italian at the Wayback Machine archived 24 November 2010 Stats at Lega Serie A in Italian at the Wayback Machine archived 19 January 2011 Marco Rossi at TuttoCalciatori net in Italian Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Marco Rossi footballer born 1978 amp oldid 1225586601, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
