Sebastián Rozental

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Sebastián Rozental
Personal information
Full name	Sebastián Rozental Igualt
Date of birth	September 1, 1976 (1976-09-01) (age 31)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder/Forward
Club information
Current club	Maccabi Netanya
Number	22
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992-1996 1997-2001 2000 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2005 2005 2006 2007 2007-	Universidad Católica Rangers F.C. →Independiente (loan) Colo Colo Grasshopper-Club Zürich Unión Española Universidad Católica Puerto Rico Islanders Columbus Crew Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Netanya	75 (39) 17 0(3) 07 0(0) 22 0(8) 22 0(1) 0- 0(-) 0- 0(-) 09 0(2) 20 0(3) 06 0(0) 13 0(1)
National team2
1995-2000	Chile	27 0(2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 5 June 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Sebastián Rozental Igualt (Hebrew: סבסטיאן רוזנטל‎, born September 1, 1976 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean-Israeli professional football (soccer) player who currently plays for the Maccabi Netanya in Israel's Ligat ha'Al.

[edit] Playing career

On the club level, Rozental has played for Universidad Católica (1992-1996 and 2005), Colo-Colo (2001), and Unión Española (2003-04) in his native Chile, Rangers (1997-2000) in Scotland, where 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).

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

[edit] Rangers FC

Rozental became Rangers' first South American player when he signed for £4m in January 1997. He arrived at Rangers as a promising young talent, as he had broken into the Chile national team and was challenging Marcelo Salas and Iván Zamorano for a starting job, following a great scoring record at his club. However injury struck in his home debut for Rangers versus St. Johnstone F.C.: he started the game well and scored his first Rangers goal, but was then taken off following a knee injury which would ruin his Ibrox career, as after a year out he never reclaimed the form or promise shown before his injury. He made 17 appearances for Rangers and scored 3 goals.

[edit] To MLS via Puerto Rico

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.

[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. After failing to impress in one half season in Petah Tikva, Rozental signed a one year contract with Maccabi Netanya.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ "Columbus adds Rozental, gets Ward from MetroStars for Henderson", SoccerTimes.com, January 13, 2006, retrieved December 5, 2006.
2. ^ Levy, Tomer. "מכבי נתניה סיכמה לעונה אחת עם סבסטיאן רוזנטל", Ma'ariv. Retrieved on 2007-05-29. (Hebrew)