Giuseppe Rossini

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Giuseppe Rossini

Rossini with Utrecht in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Giuseppe Rossini
Date of birth	(1986-08-23) 23 August 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Bari, Italy
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) [1]
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	RSA Forchies
Youth career
	Houdeng
	Charleroi
	Mons
2004–2005	Utrecht
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2008	Utrecht	46	(3)
2008–2010	Mechelen	44	(11)
2010–2011	Kortrijk	32	(8)
2011–2012	Zulte Waregem	15	(3)
2012	→ Sint Truiden (loan)	9	(3)
2012–2015	Charleroi	47	(8)
2015	→ OH Leuven (loan)	14	(6)
2015–2016	Progrès Niederkorn	15	(7)
2016–2017	Olympic Charleroi	27	(9)
2017–2018	Solières	22	(3)
2018–2019	Jemeppe
2019–2022	Tamines	25	(20)
2022–2023	Olympic Namur
2023–	Forchies
International career
2007–2008	Belgium U21	9	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 April 2020

Giuseppe Rossini (born 23 August 1986) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a striker for Forchies in the Belgian Provincial Leagues.

Club career

Youth career

Rossini was born in Bari, Italy, but at age four he moved to La Louvière with his family. Rossini started playing football at local club RFC Houdeng. After three years with the youth of Charleroi and another year at RFC Houdeng, he was discovered by a Mons scouts, where he signed as a youth player. ^[2]

Professional career

At a match against Beveren's reserve team, Utrecht scout, Nol de Ruiter watched from the sideline. Shortly after, Rossini was signed by Utrecht from the Netherlands. After playing a year for the reserve side, he was promoted to the first team. There, he played between 2005 and 2008. He was mostly used as a substitute.

In 2008, he was signed by Mechelen from his homeland. There, he played regularly, but like in Utrecht, he never managed to become a regular starter. In July 2010, he was picked up by Kortrijk, where he signed a contract until 2013. ^[3]

After scoring eight goals in 27 league matches for Kortrijk, Rossini signed with Belgian Pro League side, Zulte Waregem in May 2011. ^[4] There, he also struggled to truly break through, finishing his only season with the club with 15 appearances in which he managed to score three goals. ^[5] The season ended in a disappointing 13th place for the club. ^[6] Rossini was, however, already sent on loan to Sint Truiden halfway through the season. ^[7] The Limburg-based club were in a dire financial situation after owner Roland Duchâtelet had left the club. ^[8] Sint-Truiden finished bottom of the league, and Rossini could not retain the club in the highest division with his three goals in nine appearances. ^[5]

In August 2012, Rossini returned to one of his first youth clubs, Charleroi. ^[9] In his first season at the club, he competed for a spot in the starting lineup for the club from Pays Noir. He scored six goals in 22 games that season. ^[5] However, as the second season progressed, he received less and less playing opportunities. He made 15 appearances that season and only managed to score once. In Rossini's third season with Charleroi, he was loaned out to second-tier OH Leuven during the winter transfer window. ^[10] His performances improved there, as he scored eight goals in 16 games with Leuven finishing in fifth place in the league standings which meant qualification to the promotion play-offs. Leuven eventually won promotion, and they returned to Belgian First Division A after one season absence. ^[11]

Post-professional career

After achieving promotion with Leuven, Rossini retired from professional football and moved to Luxembourg side Progrès Niederkorn. ^[12] In his sole season there, he made only 15 appearances due to injuries, and scored 7 goals. ^[5] After this, he returned to Belgium.

In Belgium, he returned to Charleroi again; this time to play for lower-tier club Olympic Charleroi. The 2016–17 was the first season after the league reforms of the summer of 2016, with Olympic Charleroi playing in the Belgian Division 2. They finished third and just missed out on promotion to the Belgian National Division 1. Rossini was a regular starter, making 27 appearances and scoring nine goals.

In the summer of 2017, Rossini left for Solières Sport, where he experienced a disappointing season; Solières finished ninth and Rossini only scored three goals in 22 games. Afterwards, he left for the Belgian Provincial Leagues, here he went for Jemeppe. The team finished second and won the league title of the regular season with two points, but lost in the final round of promotion play-offs. Rossini managed to score more than 20 times in the competition. ^[13] At the end of the season, he left for fellow Provincial League club Tamines. ^[14] With the club, he won promotion back to the fifth-tier Belgian Division 3, the division from which they had been relegated in the 2018–19 season.

References

1. "Spelers :: Giuseppe Rossini :: KV Kortrijk" . Retrieved 21 August 2010.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
2. "Giuseppe Rossini bij Erik Thuis" [Giuseppe Rossini at Erik's house]. FCUFans (in Dutch). 12 February 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
3. "Giuseppe Rossini tekent drie jaar bij KV Kortrijk" [Giuseppe Rossini signs three years at KV Kortrijk]. Gazet van Antwerpen (in Dutch). 3 June 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
4. "Rossini en Skulason vallen voor ambities Zulte Waregem" [Rossini and Skulason fall for ambitions Zulte Waregem]. Voetbal International (in Dutch). 29 May 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
5. Giuseppe Rossini at Soccerway
6. "Summary - First Division A - Belgium". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
7. "Zulte Waregem leent Rossini uit aan STVV". De Standaard (in Dutch). 31 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
8. Lissens, Thomas (15 November 2017). "Roland out! Met verkoop STVV komt einde aan opgemerkte passage van Duchâtelet door het Belgisch voetbal". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
9. "Giuseppe Rossini sera l'attaquant de Charleroi". L'Avenir (in French). 31 August 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
10. Maris, John Roland (14 February 2015). "Wij horen in eerste". Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
11. "Rewind: Promotie 2015". ohleuven.com (in Dutch). Oud-Heverlee Leuven. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
12. "BGL Ligue – Rossini : "Je suis né à Carbonara. Comme les pâtes !"". Le Quotidien (in French). 22 May 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
13. "La seconde jeunesse de Giuseppe Rossini à Tamines". La Nouvelle Gazette (in French). 12 October 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
14. Delforge, Jérémy (30 April 2019). "Rossini file à Tamines: "J'ai retrouvé le plaisir de jouer au football"". DH Les Sports+ (in French). Retrieved 14 January 2021.

External links

• fc-utrecht.nl ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}(in Dutch)