| Sebastián Rozental | |
| Fullname: | Sebastián Rozental Igualt |
| Birth Date: | 1976 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Santiago, Chile |
| Height: | 1.78 m |
| Position: | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| Years1: | 1992–1996 |
| Clubs1: | Universidad Católica |
| Caps1: | 75 |
| Goals1: | 39 |
| Years2: | 1997–2002 |
| Caps2: | 17 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 1999 |
| Clubs3: | → Universidad Católica (loan) |
| Caps3: | 27 |
| Goals3: | 22 |
| Years4: | 2000 |
| Clubs4: | → Independiente (loan) |
| Caps4: | 11 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2001 |
| Clubs5: | → Colo-Colo (loan) |
| Caps5: | 22 |
| Goals5: | 8 |
| Years6: | 2002–2003 |
| Clubs6: | Grasshoppers |
| Caps6: | 22 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2003–2004 |
| Clubs7: | Unión Española |
| Caps7: | 39 |
| Goals7: | 11 |
| Years8: | 2005 |
| Clubs8: | Universidad Católica |
| Caps8: | 10 |
| Goals8: | 1 |
| Years9: | 2005 |
| Clubs9: | Puerto Rico Islanders |
| Caps9: | 9 |
| Goals9: | 2 |
| Years10: | 2006 |
| Clubs10: | Columbus Crew |
| Caps10: | 20 |
| Goals10: | 3 |
| Years11: | 2007 |
| Clubs11: | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
| Caps11: | 6 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Years12: | 2007–2008 |
| Clubs12: | Maccabi Netanya |
| Caps12: | 14 |
| Goals12: | 1 |
| Totalcaps: | 279 |
| Totalgoals: | 94 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1993 |
| Nationalteam1: | Chile U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 4 |
| Nationalyears2: | 1995 |
| Nationalteam2: | Chile U20 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 3 |
| Nationalyears3: | 1995–2000 |
| Nationalteam3: | Chile |
| Nationalcaps3: | 27 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 2 |
| Nationalyears4: | 1996 |
| Nationalteam4: | Chile U23 |
| Nationalyears5: | 1998 |
| Nationalteam5: | Chile B |
| Nationalcaps5: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
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).
Rozental was born in Santiago, Chile, and is Jewish.[1] [2] [3]
Rozental became Rangers' first South American player when he signed for £4 million on 13 December 1996, the most expensive signing in Chilean history.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] He made three appearances in 1997–98 and another three in 1998–99. 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, and scored twice in their cup semi final win over Ayr United.[7] He was however left out of the squad for the final. He made 21 appearances for Rangers, scoring 6 goals.
Rozental signed for the Columbus Crew on 13 January 2006.[8] 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 the Israeli citizenship[9] 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.[10]
Rozental 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.[11]
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-Olynpic Tournament.[12]
Universidad Católica
Rangers
Grasshoppers
Chile U17
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