By LAFC Communications
LAFC announced today that the
Club has agreed to send Diego Rossi
to Turkish Süper Lig side Fenerbahçe
S.K for an initial loan period that will
begin immediately.
"This is an exciting next step in Europe
for Diego," LAFC Co-President
& General Manager John Thorrington
said. "We are forever grateful to Diego
for the way he helped build this Club
both on and off the field from day one.
To see him grow into a great player who
will now perform in the Europa League
with Fenerbahçe is exciting and shows
that our ambition to develop talent is
working."
Rossi, 23, became the
second Designated Player
in LAFC history when he
signed with the Club in January,
2018 from Peñarol of
Uruguay's Primera División.
At 19-years-old, he became
the second youngest Designated
Player in league
history and immediately became a
major LAFC contributor. He scored the
first-ever goal in LAFC history in the
11th minute of the Club's first match
against Seattle, the fastest goal by an
expansion team in MLS history.
The electrifying forward earned
MLS "22 Under 22" honors
in his first MLS season
en-route to the Club's first
playoff berth and became
an MLS All-Star in 2019
as he helped lead LAFC
to a record-breaking 2019
Supporter's Shield winning
season. Rossi became the
youngest Golden Boot winner
in MLS history in 2020, and was
honored last season as the MLS Young
Player of the Year, MLS Best XI, MLS Is
Back Tournament Golden Boot, MLS Is
Back Young Player of the Tournament
and MLS Is Back Tournament Best XI.
A Uruguayan international, Rossi
started six matches for the Under 23
squad in the 2020 Olympic qualifiers,
adding a goal and an assist and was
called into the senior national team for
the 2020 World Cup qualifiers.
Rossi leaves LAFC as one of its
most decorated players, appearing in
103 career regular season MLS matches
for the Black & Gold, ranking first in
Club history (tied with Latif Blessing),
and making a team-high 99 starts. He
also leads LAFC with 8,766 career
MLS minutes played since 2018 and
144 shots on goal. He ranks second
in the Club record books in goals (44)
and assists (21).
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