Mauro Rosales

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Mauro Rosales

Full name	Mauro Damián Rosales
Date of birth	February 24, 1981 (1981-02-24) (age 27)
Place of birth	Villa María, Argentina
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	River Plate
Number	7
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-2004 2004-2007 2007-Present	Newell's Old Boys Ajax River Plate	119 (30) 51 (5) 26 (2)
National team²
2004	Argentina	10 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 May 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 23 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Mauro Damián Rosales (born February 24, 1981 in Villa María) is an Argentine football player who currently plays for Argentine power-house River Plate. Rosales was part of the Argentina Under-20 team that won the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship and the gold-medal winning Argentine national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Rosales was transferred from Ajax for 1.8 Million Euros making it River's 6th incorporation (after Ojeda, Ruben, Villagra, Ponzio and Rivas) with an overall value of 13 Million dollars in transfers.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Career

Season	Club	League
1999-2004	Newells Old Boys	Primera División Argentina
2004-2006	Ajax	Eredivisie
2007-	River Plate	Primera División Argentina

[edit] Honours and awards

FIFA World Youth Championship: 2001
Olympic football Gold Medalist: 2004
Dutch Cup: 2006
Johan Cruijff Schaal: 2005, 2006

Competitor for Argentina
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Gold	2004 Athens	Team Competition

[edit] External links

(Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
River Plate player profile
Career details at National Football Teams

v • d • e Argentina squad - 2004 Copa América

1 Abbondanzieri • 2 Ayala • 3 Sorín • 4 Quiroga • 5 Mascherano • 6 Heinze • 7 Saviola • 8 Zanetti • 9 Figueroa • 10 D'Alessandro • 11 Tévez • 12 Cavallero • 13 Placente • 14 Rodriguez • 15 Fernández • 16 L.González • 17 M.González • 18 K.González • 19 Delgado • 20 Medina • 21 Rosales • 22 Coloccini • Coach: Bielsa