Roberto Colautti

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Roberto Colautti
Colautti in 2006
Personal information
Full name Roberto Damián Colautti
Date of birth (1982-05-24) 24 May 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Córdoba, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002
Boca Juniors
6 (1)
2002
Lugano
9 (0)
2002–2003 Banfield 32 (10)
2003–2004
Boca Juniors
11 (1)
2004–2007 Maccabi Haifa 90 (39)
2007–2010 Borussia Mönchengladbach 57 (9)
2010–2013 Maccabi Tel Aviv 71 (20)
2013–2014
Anorthosis Famagusta
32 (15)
2014–2015
AEK Larnaca
23 (8)
Total 331 (103)
International career
2006–2010 Israel 21 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roberto Damián Colautti (

Israeli citizen in 2007, on account of marrying an Israeli in 2005. He was promptly selected for the Israel national team, for which he won 21 caps
over the next four years, scoring six goals.

Colautti played for the German team

AEK Larnaca
. He left Larnaca in 2015.

Early and personal life

Colautti was born in Córdoba, Argentina. His grandfather was from Udine in northeastern Italy.[1]

He acquired an Israeli citizenship in 2007, two years after marrying his Israeli girlfriend Alvit Strauss (sister of Israeli goalkeepers Sagi Strauss and Ram Strauss) and on account of their marriage. They have four daughters.

Club career

Early career

Colautti was raised in Lozada, a settlement of 1,000 inhabitants near Córdoba. After playing semi-professionally in the city, he attracted the attention of Boca Juniors from Buenos Aires.[1]

In 2002, Colautti moved to Europe for the first time to play for

AC Lugano in Switzerland. After the suicide of the club president, it was discovered that the club was in debt, and was relegated for administrative reasons to the second tier. Colautti then chose to return to Argentina, where he played for Banfield and Boca Juniors again.[1]

Maccabi Haifa

Colautti joined Israeli team Maccabi Haifa in 2004. In his first season with Maccabi he was the top scorer in the 2004–05 Israeli Premier League with 19 goals from 30 appearances in Haifa's championship season. In the 2005–06 Israeli Premier League, Colautti was the league's second top scorer with 13 strikes from 28 matches in Haifa's successful title defence. He was also involved in their victory in the 2005–06 Toto Cup. In the 2006–07 Israeli Premier League, Colautti scored seven times in 32 matches, where Haifa finished the league in fifth place.

In the first round of the

UEFA Cup
only two years previously.

Colautti played 90 league matches for Maccabi Haifa, scoring 39 goals. He won two championship titles with The Greens and was a key part of their successful UEFA Cup campaign.

Borussia Mönchengladbach

He joined second-division German side Borussia Mönchengladbach on 1 August 2007 for an undisclosed fee,[2] and dealt with injuries for most of this season. He did however manage to score 3 goals in his 10 appearances. Mönchengladbach finished first in the 2. Bundesliga to gain promotion to the Bundesliga for the 2008–09 season.

Colautti's second season at Borussia Park was again interrupted by injuries, and he only played 24 Bundesliga matches out of a possible 34; of which ten were starts. He scored a crucial goal for Mönchengladbach on 10 May 2009 against

DFB Pokal tie. This late strike proved to be instrumental in securing Borussia's survival in the Bundesliga, as they finished one point clear of being forced to play-off for their position in the league, and just two points ahead of Karlsruher SC
, who finished bottom.

Maccabi Tel Aviv

On 29 March 2010, he signed a contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv and returned to Israel in July that year.[4] On 1 August 2010, Colautti scored his first goal at Maccabi Toto Cup win against Maccabi Netanya. His first season in yellow was a tough one after the club underperformed and Colautti himself struggled to score. He lost his place with the first 11 and remained a substitute for the rest of the season. After all, Colautti managed to score nine league goals for Maccabi and an overall of 13 goals in 40 appearances during the season.

AEK Larnaca

Colautti joined

Apollon Limassol, where he scored his first goals, a brace.[6]

International career

On 2 September 2006, Colautti made his debut for the

Macedonia and another goal against Estonia. All of his goals have come in Israel's UEFA Euro 2008
qualifiers; in his first seven matches, he had six international goals to his name.

Colautti was granted full

Israeli citizenship along with Toto Tamuz (originally from Nigeria), after their respective applications were approved by the Minister of Internal Affairs Roni Bar-On in 2007.[8]

International goals

Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Colautti goal.
List of international goals scored by Roberto Colautti
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 2 September 2006 Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia  Estonia 1–0 1–0 Euro 2008 qualifying
2 15 November 2006 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  Croatia 1–0 3–4 Euro 2008 qualifying
3 3–4
4 28 March 2007 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  Estonia 2–0 4–0 Euro 2008 qualifying
5 2 June 2007
Macedonia
 Macedonia 2–1 2–1 Euro 2008 qualifying
6 6 June 2007
Andorra La Vella
, Andorra
 Andorra 2–0 2–0 Euro 2008 qualifying

Honours

Club

Boca Juniors

Maccabi Haifa

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c "Interview mit Roberto Colautti Teil I: »Borussia ist ein großer Verein«" (in German). fohlen-hautnah.de. 15 January 2010. Archived from the original on 23 January 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Roberto Colautti". skysports.com. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
  3. ^ "Borussia Monchengladbach 1–0 Schalke". espnstar.com. 10 May 2009. Archived from the original on 15 May 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  4. ^ "Gladbachs Colautti zieht es zurück in die Heimat" (in German). Focus. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  5. ^ "καταρχήν συμφωνία με Roberto Colautti". AEK Larnaca (in Greek). 27 June 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  6. ^ "AEK produce first upset as season kicks off in Cyprus". Cyprus Mail. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Group E Round-Up". skysports.com. 2 September 2006. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  8. ^ Boker (2007), Bar-On approves citizenship for soccer players Tamuz and Colautti, Haaretz, 26 June. Accessed 9 July 2007.

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