During his Brazilian career,
free kick specialist Rossato represented
Botafogo,
Rio Branco-ES,
Criciúma,
Portuguesa-RJ,
União Barbarense and
Marília, moving to Portugal in July 2002 with
Madeira's
Nacional. During two seasons he scored an impressive 17
Primeira Liga goals, including a
hat-trick against
Beira-Mar on 25 April 2004 (3–0 home win). Bought by
Porto in July 2004, Rossato never played an official game for the northerners. He then joined
La Liga side
Real Sociedad, scoring – from a free kick – in only his second
season appearance, a 1–2 loss to
Sevilla, finishing with 22 matches. For
2005–06, Rossato was loaned back to Portugal, signing with
Braga on a one-year deal. Having returned to Sociedad for the following campaign, he returned - again on loan - to the
Iberian neighbours, moving to
União Leiria in January 2007. Released in the summer of 2007, Rossato joined
second division team
Málaga, being instrumental in the
Andalusians'
2008 top flight return after a two-year absence. He would miss, however, the vast majority of
the next season due to injury; his first match took place only on 17 May 2009, as he played the second half of a 1–2 away loss to
Sporting Gijón (12 minutes played). Because of his injuries, Málaga announced in July 2009 it would not renew Rossato's contract, so the player was released. Late in the following month the 32-year-old signed for another club in the country, second level's
Salamanca. ==References==