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Sebastián Rozental

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “retired chilean - israeli professional football”. Today it says “chilean former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or striker”.
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Chilean footballer (born 1976) In this Spanish name , the first or paternal surname is Rozental and the second or maternal family name is Igualt . Sebastián Rozental Igualt ( Hebrew : סבסטיאן רוזנטל ; born 1 September 1976) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or striker . At club level, Rozental played for Universidad Católica (1992–1996 and 2005), Colo-Colo (2001), and Unión Española (2003–04) in his native Chile, Rangers (1997–2000) in Scotland, where he became the first player from South America to play for the club, Independiente (2001) in Argentina, Grasshoppers (2003–04) in Switzerland, and Puerto Rico Islanders in the USL First Division (2005).

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retired chilean - israeli professional football

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chilean former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or striker

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