Iacopo La Rocca

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Iacopo La Rocca
Personal information
La Rocca playing for Western Sydney Wanderers
Date of birth	(1984-02-17) February 17, 1984
Place of birth	Rome, Italy
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Western Sydney Wanderers
Number	18
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2001–2004	Pro Vercelli	36	(1)
2004–2005	Chieti	1	(0)
2005–2006	Fermana	8	(1)
2006–2007	Sassari Torres	5	(0)
2007–2011	AC Bellinzona	89	(3)
2011–2012	Grasshopper	19	(0)
2012–	Western Sydney Wanderers	33	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 January 2014. † Appearances (Goals).

Iacopo La Rocca (born 17 February 1984) is an Italian footballer, who plays as a Defensive Midfielder in the A-League for the Western Sydney Wanderers, winners of the 2013 A-League Season.

Club career

La Rocca started his youth career at Lazio, before moving to his first club Pro Vercelli. He since played various clubs in Italy, likes of Chieti, Fermana, Sassari Torres before moving to Switzerland, where he joined AC Bellinzona and Swiss Super League club Grasshopper.

On 11 September 2012, he signed a one-year deal with A-League club Western Sydney Wanderers.^[1] La Rocca scored his first goal for Western Sydney Wanderers on 18 November 2012 in just his second game.^[2] In February 2013, he signed a new two-year deal with the Wanderers.^[3]

On 23 March, La Rocca was sent off in the last minute of stoppage time in the third Sydney Derby of the season for elbowing Sydney midfielder Terry Antonis in the temple, meaning La Rocca missed the semifinal and the final.^[4]

References

↑ "Wanderers Complete Foreign Quota". Australian FourFourTwo. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
↑ "Ten-Man Wanderers Stun Glory". Australian FourFourTwo. 18 November 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
↑ "La Rocca extends Wanderers contract". ESPN FC. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
↑ "La Rocca out for the season". Australian FourFourTwo. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.

External links

Western Sydney Wanderers profile

v t e Western Sydney Wanderers FC – current squad

1 Čović 2 Cole 3 D'Apuzzo 4 Topor-Stanley 5 Beauchamp (c) 6 Polenz 7 Haliti 8 Poljak 9 Jurić 10 Mooy 11 Šantalab 12 Minniecon 13 Špiranović 14 Appiah 15 Perkatis 16 Barresi 17 Hersi 18 La Rocca 19 Bridge 20 Tyson 21 Ono 22 Heffernan 23 Trifiro 32 Alessi Mebrahtu Mullen Golec Coach: Popović

Persondata
Name	La Rocca, Iacopo
Alternative names
Short description	Italian footballer
Date of birth	17 February 1984
Place of birth	Rome, Italy
Date of death
Place of death

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