Néstor Rossi

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Néstor Rossi

Full name	Nestor Raúl Rossi
Date of birth	May 10, 1925(1925-05-10)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death	June 13, 2007 (aged 82)
Place of death	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	midfield
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1945-1949 1949-1955 1955-1958 1959-1961	River Plate Millonarios River Plate CA Huracán	- - - 54 (0)
National team
	Argentina	26 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Néstor Raúl "Pipo" Rossi (Buenos Aires, May 10, 1925 – June 13, 2007) was an Argentine football defender.

1 Playing career
- 1.1 Titles as a player
2 Managerial career
3 References

[edit] Playing career

Nicknamed "Pipo", he started his career at River Plate, playing from 1945 to 1949, and then again from 1955 to 1958, winning a total of 5 Argentine leagues.^[1] In total, Rossi played 155 matches for River Plate scoring 7 goals. From 1959 to 1961 he played in Colombia for Millonarios winning 6 championships. He also had a spell in Argentine Huracán, playing 54 matches.

Rossi played for the Argentina national football team during the 1958 FIFA World Cup, as well as in the Copa América in several occasion, winning the 1947 and 1957 editions.^[1]

[edit] Titles as a player

Season	Club	Title
1945	Club Atlético River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1947	Club Atlético River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1947	Argentina	Copa América
1949	Millonarios	Colombian League
1951	Millonarios	Colombian League
1952	Millonarios	Colombian League
1953	Millonarios	Colombian League
1953	Millonarios	Colombian Cup
1953	Millonarios	Little World Cup
1955	Club Atlético River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1956	Club Atlético River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1957	Club Atlético River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1957	Argentina	Copa América

[edit] Managerial career

After retirement, he managed the Spanish Liga team Granada Club de Fútbol and River Plate in Argentina. He had a brief spell as manager of the Argentina national team in 1962. He replaced Adolfo Pedernera at Boca Juniors in 1965 to win the Argentine title. He also had a spell in charge of Ferro Carril Oeste in 1977.

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Xinhua "Argentine soccer legend Rossi dies at 82" 14 June 2007

v • d • e Argentina squad - 1958 FIFA World Cup

1 Carrizo • 2 Dellacha • 3 Vairo • 4 Lombardo • 5 Rossi • 6 Varacka • 7 Corbatta • 8 Prado • 9 Menéndez • 10 Rojas • 11 Labruna • 12 Musimessi • 13 Pérez • 14 Edwards • 15 Acevedo • 16 Mouriño • 17 Ramos Delgado • 18 Boggio • 19 Avio • 20 Infante • 21 Sanfilippo • 22 Cruz • Coach: Stábile

v • d • e

Argentina national football team – Managers

Vázquez (1924–25) • Lago Millán (1927–28) • Olazar (caretaker) (1928–29) • Tramutola (1929–30) • Pascucci (1934) • Seoane (1934–37) • Fernández Roca (1937–39) • Stábile (1939–58) • Spinetto (1959) • Moreno (1959) • Stábile (1960) • Spinetto (1960–61) • D'Amico (1961) • Lorenzo (1962) • Rossi (1962) • Lopes (1962) • Torres (1963) • D'Amico (1963) • Minella (1964–65) • Zubeldía (1965) • Lorenzo (1966) • Lopes (1967) • Faraone (1967) • Cesarini (1967–68) • Minella (1968) • Maschio (1969) • Pedernera (1969) • Pizzuti (1970–72) • Sívori (1972–73) • Ignomiriello (1973) • Cap (1974) • Menotti (1974–83) • Bilardo (1983–90) • Basile (1991–94) • Passarella (1994–98) • Bielsa (1998–2004) • Pekerman (2004-06) • Basile (2006–)