Sebastiano Rossi

Sebastiano Rossi
Personal information
Rossi in 1990
Date of birth	(1964-07-20) 20 July 1964 (age 52)
Place of birth	Cesena, Italy
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1979–1982	Cesena
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1990	Cesena	127	(0)
1982–1983	→ Forlì (loan)	11	(0)
1984–1985	→ Empoli (loan)	0	(0)
1985–1986	→ Rondinella (loan)	28	(0)
1990–2002	Milan	240	(0)
2002–2003	Perugia	12	(0)
Total		418	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Sebastiano Rossi (born 20 July 1964) is an Italian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

During a 21-year professional career, he appeared in 346 Serie A games, most notably representing A.C. Milan (12 seasons) with which he won 12 major titles, including five national championships and the 1994 Champions League.

Rossi was born in Cesena. Although he also played basketball competitively during his youth, he refused the opportunity to play the sport professionally, electing to focus on football instead; he joined his hometown's A.C. Cesena in 1979, at the age of 15. In 1982–83, on loan, he made his senior debuts with A.C. Forlì in the Serie C1, being backup in a relegation-ending season.

After two more loans, Rossi returned to Cesena for the 1986–87 campaign, only missing five games as the Emilia-Romagna club promoted to Serie A, and retaining first-choice status in the following three top division seasons, with the team finishing 12th in 1989–90; he made his debut in the competition on 13 September 1987, in a home match against S.S.C. Napoli.

After his first season in Italy's top flight, Rossi was noticed by A.C. Milan, and joined the Rossoneri (also dubbed the Dream Team) that dominated Italian football for much of the 1990s. In his debut campaign he backed up Andrea Pazzagli, but the veteran left for Bologna F.C. 1909 in the ensuing summer.

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