Dwayne De Rosario

Dwayne De Rosario ( born May 15, 1978 in Scarborough, Ontario ) is a Canadian soccer player. His nickname is DeRo. The midfielder currently plays for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer. It is equipped with 20 goals Top scorer of the Canadian national soccer team.

De Rosario is the son of Guyanese parents, who emigrated to Canada.

Career

Club career

De Rosario began his professional career at Toronto Lynx in the A- League, where his future team-mate Paul Stalteri also signed. After seven games and three goals he left Toronto in the direction of Germany. From 1997 to 1999 he played for FSV Zwickau. But he was among the Saxons did not prevail and then moved to the Richmond Kickers again in the A-League. 2000 de Rosario has 15 goals with the star of the season.

In 2001, the Canadian coach Frank Yallop took as one of his first official acts De Rosario at the San Jose Earthquakes. By 2005, he completed 108 Cup Inserts for Californians, scoring 27 goals. His achievements in the period include winning the MLS Cup in 2001, where he scored the decisive golden goal in the final, and 2003. Moreover, he won the MLS Goal of the Year award twice (2004 and 2005).

For the 2006 season, he followed the club in the resettlement to Houston. For Houston Dynamo, he completed 78 games and scored 24 goals, but he won the MLS Cup in 2006 and 2007. Success In the latter he was like 2001 MVP of the Finals. In 2006, he scored the only goal in the MLS All -Star Game against Chelsea.

For the 2008 season, he returns to his home country for Toronto FC. Dynamo was awarded the player Julius James and a transfer fee. On March 21, 2009, he made ​​his competitive debut. On 8 April 2010, he was appointed captain of the team.

On 1 April 2011 he joined the New York Red Bulls. For Tony Tchani and Danleigh Borman went to Toronto.

After 13 games New York De Rosario exchanged on 27 June 2011 against Dax McCarty from DC United. Because of his achievements, he was named the best player in the Major League Soccer season in 2011. In January 2014 he returned to Toronto FC.

National

Since 1998 de Rosario plays for the Canadian national team. His first game he graduated in 1998 against Macedonia. His greatest achievement was winning the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2000. On 7 September 2012, he scored in a 1-0 victory in the World Cup qualifier against Panama his 20th international goal, and thus became the sole scorer in his country.