Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pablo Paulino Rosario | ||
Date of birth | 7 January 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Nice | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2008 | AVV Swift | ||
2008 | Feyenoord | ||
2008–2010 | DWS | ||
2010–2014 | Ajax | ||
2014–2015 | Almere City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2016 | Almere City | 34 | (3) |
2016–2021 | Jong PSV | 43 | (7) |
2017–2021 | PSV | 101 | (3) |
2021– | Nice | 98 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2013 | Netherlands U16 | 3 | (0) |
2015 | Netherlands U19 | 2 | (0) |
2016 | Netherlands U20 | 8 | (0) |
2017 | Netherlands U21 | 11 | (0) |
2018 | Netherlands | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:00, 1 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2018 |
Pablo Paulino Rosario (born 7 January 1997) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Nice. He has made one appearance for the Netherlands national team in 2018.
Born in the Netherlands to parents from the Dominican Republic, Rosario began his football career in the youth ranks of AVV Swift, followed by a brief stint with Feyenoord, before joining his local club DWS. In 2012 Dutch broadcasting company HUMAN released the documentary film The Price of Heaven which follows Rosario from the period in which he captained the under-13 squad of DWS. [1] [2]
Having been sensationalized as the next Ronaldo by the media, Rosario is confronted with the choice of joining the youth academies of either Ajax, Feyenoord or PSV, the top three clubs in the country. Rosario eventually decided for Ajax and in 2010 he joined the B2 squad (under-16) under coach Orlando Trustfull. [3]
In 2014 Rosario transferred to Ajax's partner club Almere City. On 7 August 2015, he made his debut for the first team in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of professional football in the Netherlands, in a 3–3 draw at home against VVV-Venlo. He was subbed on by head coach Maarten Stekelenburg in the 59th minute for Soufyan Ahannach. [4]
On 25 July 2016, Pablo Rosario signed a four-year deal for Dutch club PSV. [5]
On 27 July 2021, Pablo Rosario signed for French club Nice. [6]
Born in the Netherlands, Rosario is of Dominican descent. [7] He made his international debut playing for the Netherlands under-16 side in a friendly match against Austria U-16 on 9 February 2013. On 12 November 2015, he made his debut for the Netherlands U19 in a 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification match against England U19 which ended in a 2–2 draw. [8]
Rosario earned his first full international call up when Ronald Koeman named him in the Netherlands squad in October 2018. [9] He made his international debut in a friendly against Belgium on 16 October, coming on as a half-time substitute.
Year | Title | Role |
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2012 | The Price of Heaven [1] | Himself |
Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Almere City | 2015–16 | Eerste Divisie | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 40 | 3 | |
Jong PSV | 2016–17 | Eerste Divisie | 31 | 7 | — | — | — | 31 | 7 | |||
2016–17 | Eerste Divisie | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
Total | 43 | 7 | — | — | — | 43 | 7 | |||||
PSV Eindhoven | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
2018–19 | Eredivisie | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 [lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 1 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 41 | 1 | |
2019–20 | Eredivisie | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 41 | 3 | |
2020–21 | Eredivisie | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | |
2021–22 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 101 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 138 | 5 | ||
Nice | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | — | 39 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | |||
2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 98 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 0 | ||
Career total | 276 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 334 | 15 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Netherlands | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
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