Giovanni Rosso

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Giovanni Rosso

Full name	Giovanni Rosso
Date of birth	17 November 1972
Place of birth	Split, Croatia
Position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Maccabi Tel Aviv FC
Number	11
Youth clubs
19??–??	Hajduk Split
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1996–1997 1997-2000 2000-2001 2001-2005 2005-present	Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Haifa Beitar Jerusalem Maccabi Haifa FC Maccabi Tel Aviv FC	? (?) ? (?) 33 (6) 101 (23) 22 (1)
National team**
2000	Croatia	? (?)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 July 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 16 July 2006.

Giovanni Rosso (Hebrew: ג'יובאני רוסו) (born November 17, 1972) is a Croatian-Israeli football player who plies his trade at Maccabi Tel Aviv. Rosso is an attacking midfielder, who prefers to play on the center-right flank of the field. Rosso is known in Israel for his technique and freekicks.

Rosso was born in Split (then in Yugoslavia), to ethnic Italian parents. He played for NK Zagreb between 1994 and 1996 before moving to Israel.

Although Rosso had always wanted to join the Israeli national team, he was ineligible for Israeli nationality, but his form in 2004 got him called up for Croatia, so played for his birth country at Euro 2004. It was only later, in 2005, that he finally obtained Israeli permanent resident status. However he will never play for the Israeli national team, since he has already played for Croatia.

His name is sometimes 'Croaticized' in the Balkan media to Djovani Roso.