Sebastián Rozental Igualt (Hebrew: סבסטיאן רוזנטל; born 1 September 1976) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or striker. At club level, Rozental played for Universidad Católica (1992–1996 and 2005), Colo-Colo (2001), and Unión Española (2003–04) in his native Chile, Rangers (1997–2000) in Scotland, where he became the first player from South America to play for the club, Independiente (2001) in Argentina, Grasshoppers (2003–04) in Switzerland, and Puerto Rico Islanders in the USL First Division (2005).
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sebastián Rozental Igualt | ||
| Date of birth | 1 September 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1996 | Universidad Católica | 75 | (39) |
| 1997–2002 | Rangers[1] | 17 | (3) |
| 1999 | → Universidad Católica (loan) | 27 | (22) |
| 2000 | → Independiente (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Colo-Colo (loan) | 22 | (8) |
| 2002–2003 | Grasshoppers | 22 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | Unión Española | 39 | (11) |
| 2005 | Universidad Católica | 10 | (1) |
| 2005 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 9 | (2) |
| 2006 | Columbus Crew | 20 | (3) |
| 2007 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 6 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Maccabi Netanya | 14 | (1) |
| Total | 279 | (94) | |
| International career | |||
| 1993 | Chile U17 | 5 | (4) |
| 1995 | Chile U20 | 3 | (3) |
| 1995–2000 | Chile | 27 | (2) |
| 1996 | Chile U23 | ||
| 1998 | Chile B | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Early and personal life
editRozental was born in Santiago, Chile, and is Jewish.[2][3][4]
Club career
editRangers
editRozental became Rangers' first South American player when he signed for £4 million on 13 December 1996, the most expensive signing in Chilean history.[4][5] He arrived at Rangers as a promising young talent, as he had broken into the Chile national team and was challenging Marcelo Salas and Iván Zamorano for a place in the starting eleven, following a decent scoring record at his club. He made his debut as a substitute in a league match at Motherwell.[6] However injury struck in his second appearance for Rangers versus St Johnstone in the Scottish Cup; he started the game well and scored his first goal for the club, but was then taken off with a knee injury.[7] He made three appearances in 1997–98[8] and another three in 1998–99.[9] He had his first significant run in the team in the second half of the 1999–2000 season, helping Rangers complete a league and cup double. He made 11 appearances and scored 3 goals in the league that season,[10] and scored twice in their cup semi final win over Ayr United.[11] He was however left out of the squad for the final. He made 21 appearances for Rangers, scoring 6 goals.
Late career
editRozental signed for the Columbus Crew on 13 January 2006.[12] His first goal as a Crew member came on a penalty kick on 15 April against the Chicago Fire. He played 20 games and scored 3 goals total during the 2006 season.
After spending one season with the Columbus Crew, Rozental got Israeli citizenship[13] and left for Israel and signed with Maccabi Petah Tikva. After failing to impress in one half season in Petah Tikva, Rozental signed a one-year contract with Maccabi Netanya.[14]
International career
editRozental has been capped for Chile 27 times scoring 2 goals. In addition, he played for Chile B against England B on February 10, 1998. Chile won by 2-1.[15]
He captained the Chilean squad that finished third in the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship and then scored 3 goals at the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship. Also, he took part of Chile U23 squad in the 1996 Pre-Olympic Tournament.[16]
Honours
editUniversidad Católica
- Copa Interamericana: 1993
- Copa Chile: 1995
- Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División: 2002 (C)
Rangers
Grasshoppers
Chile U17
- FIFA U-17 World Cup third place: 1993
Individual
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Sebastián Rozental at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Day by Day in Jewish Sports History - Bob Wechsler
- ^ Football Culture: Local Conflicts, Global Visions
- ^ a b "Rozental, Sebastian": Jews In Sports
- ^ "On This Day: Dec 13". Rangers.co.uk. 13 December 2017.
- ^ "Golden Gascoigne". Independent. 19 January 1997. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ^ "Rozental short and sweet". Independent. 26 January 1997. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ^ "Games played by Sebastian Rozental in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ^ "Games played by Sebastian Rozental in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ^ "Games played by Sebastian Rozental in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ^ "Ayr destroyed by rampant Gers". BBC. 8 April 2000. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ^ "Columbus adds Rozental, gets Ward from MetroStars for Henderson", SoccerTimes.com, 13 January 2006, retrieved 5 December 2006.
- ^ "Sebastián Rozental: En el fútbol chileno es normal cortar cosas que se hacen bien" (in Spanish). ADN Radio Chile. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ Levy, Tomer. מכבי נתניה סיכמה לעונה אחת עם סבסטיאן רוזנטל. Ma'ariv (in Hebrew). Retrieved 29 May 2007.
- ^ "Inglaterra 1 – Chile 2: Cuando la (otra) Selección venció a Inglaterra". Guioteca.com (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Torneos Preolímpicos Sudamericanos Sub-23". Partidos de la Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2022.