Sebastián Rocco
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Sebastián Rocco is a Chilean footballer, who currently plays defender for Everton
Corporación Deportiva Everton de Viña del Mar
Everton de Viña del Mar is a Chilean football club based in the city of Viña del Mar.The club was founded June 24, 1909 after a group of Anglo-Chilean teenagers formed a football club and named it after the English team Everton that had just made a pioneering visit to South America.The club are...

 in Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

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Career

He began in the youth squads of Unión San Felipe
Unión San Felipe
Unión San Felipe is a Chilean Football club, their hometown is San Felipe in the V Región of Valparaíso. They are playing in top level of the Chilean football league, the Primera División....

 and Santiago Wanderers. In 2004, Roco was loaned to Deportes Temuco to gain playing experience. He was promptly returned to Santiago Wanderers in 2005 and with the gained experience he became a staple in the starting eleven.

In early 2008, Roco was bought from Santiago Wanderers by Mexican side Necaxa
Necaxa
Necaxa is a Mexican football club and is based in the city of Aguascalientes. it plays in the Estadio Victoria. Necaxa is ranked seventh overall and 1st in ranking in Mexican football within the IFFHS Central and North America's Clubs of the Century in the CONCACAF behind CD Saprissa San Juan de...

. He was then sent out on loan to Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy for one year.

In 2009 played for Everton
Corporación Deportiva Everton de Viña del Mar
Everton de Viña del Mar is a Chilean football club based in the city of Viña del Mar.The club was founded June 24, 1909 after a group of Anglo-Chilean teenagers formed a football club and named it after the English team Everton that had just made a pioneering visit to South America.The club are...

, historic rival of Santiago Wanderers.

International

Roco debuted with the Chilean national team
Chile national football team
The Chilean national football team represents Chile in all major international football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. They have appeared in eight World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup finishing in...

 against New Zealand and scored his first international football team. He also played against Mexico
Mexico national football team
The Mexican national football team represents Mexico in association football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation , the governing body for football in Mexico. Mexico's home stadium is the Estadio Azteca and their head coach is José Manuel de la Torre...

 in the Copa América 2007
Copa América 2007
The 2007 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América, known simply as the 2007 Copa América or 2007 Copa América Venezuela, was the 42nd edition of the Copa América, the South-American championship for international association football teams...

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External links

Argentine Primera statistics BDFA profile
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