Néstor Raúl "Pipo" Rossi (Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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, May 10, 1925 – June 13, 2007) was an Argentine

Argentina

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 football

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 midfielder.
Nicknamed "Pipo", he started his career at River Plate

Club Atlético River Plate

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, playing from 1945 to 1949, and then again from 1955 to 1958, winning a total of 5 Argentine leagues

Primera División Argentina

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. In total, Rossi played 155 matches for River Plate scoring 7 goals. From 1959 to 1961 he played in Colombia

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 for Millonarios

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 winning 6 championships. He also had a spell in Argentine Huracán

Club Atlético Huracán

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, playing 54 matches.

Rossi played for the Argentina national football team

Argentina national football team

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 during the 1958 FIFA World Cup

1958 FIFA World Cup

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, as well as in the Copa América

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 in several occasions, winning the 1947 and 1957 editions.

After retirement, he managed the Spanish

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 Liga

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 team Granada Club de Fútbol

Granada CF

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 and River Plate in Argentina.