Sebastián Rozental

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Sebastián Rozental
Personal information
Full name	Sebastián Rozental Igualt
Date of birth	September 1, 1976 (age 30)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	5'10
Playing position	attacking midfielder/forward
Club information
Current club	Maccabi Petah Tikva FC
Number	22
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992-96 1997-00 2000 2001-02 2002 2003-04 2005 2005 2006 2006–	Universidad Catolica Rangers FC Independiente Colo Colo Independiente Avellaneda Union Espanola Universidad Catolica Puerto Rico Islanders Columbus Crew Maccabi Petah Tikva FC	? (?) 22 (6) 7 (0) 22 (8) 22 (1) ? (?) ? (?) 9 (2) 20 (3) ? (?)
National team2
1995-	Chile	27 (2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 March 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 5 June 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Sebastián Rozental Igualt (born September 1, 1976 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean-Israeli professional football (soccer) striker who currently plays for the Maccabi Petah Tikva FC in Israel's Ligat ha'Al.

On the club level, Rozental has played for Universidad Catolica (1992-1996 and 2005), Colo-Colo (2001), and Unión Española (2003-04) in his native Chile, Rangers (1996-2000) in Scotland, were 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). He was signed by the Columbus Crew on January 13, 2006.^[1]

His first goal as a Crew member came on a penalty kick on April 15 against the Chicago Fire. He played 20 games and scored 3 goals total during the 2006 season.

Rozental has been capped for Chile 27 times scoring 2 goals.

[edit] Move to Israel

After spending one season with the Columbus Crew, Rozental left for Israel where he was granted Israeli citizenship (via the Law of Return) and signed with Maccabi Petah Tikva FC.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ "Columbus adds Rozental, gets Ward from MetroStars for Henderson", SoccerTimes.com, January 13, 2006, retrieved December 5, 2006.

[edit] See also

• List of current MLS players

Columbus Crew - Current Squad
1 Hesmer | 2 Hejduk | 3 Evans | 4 Pierce | 5 O'Rourke | 6 González | 7 Thomas | 8 Oughton | 9 Garey | 10 Ngwenya | 11 Grabavoy | 12 Gaven | 14 Marshall | 15 Miglioranzi | 16 Kamara | 17 Szetela | 18 Gruenebaum | 20 Ward | 21 Moss | 22 Rogers | 23 Hendrickson | 24 Zayner | 25 Virtuoso | 26 Herron | 30 Gaudette | — Chandler | Coach: Schmid