Mario Rosas
Mario Alberto Rosas Montero is a Spanish former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
An unsuccessful youth graduate at Barcelona, he went on to appear in 308 Segunda División matches over 12 professional seasons, in representation of five teams, mainly Castellón.Rosas was born in Málaga, Andalusia. Another product of FC Barcelona's prolific youth system, La Masia, he quickly excelled at their reserves, making his first-team debut on 15 May 1998 in a 1–4 home loss for the already crowned champions against UD Salamanca, in what would be his only La Liga appearance for the Catalans.
Released by Barça in 2000, Rosas signed with another team in the top flight, Deportivo Alavés, but failed to appear regularly, being also loaned to second division's Salamanca in his second season. His career would be highly irregular the following years, with outputs of less than five games – CD Numancia, Cádiz CF, both in the same level – and also playing with Girona FC in division three, with relegation.
Rosas then joined another club in the second tier, CD Castellón, for 2005–06. After a slow first year he became an undisputed starter, adding a comined 16 league goals the next three. On 7 September 2008, he scored twice – one from a penalty kick, one of his specialties– in a 2–0 home win over RC Celta de Vigo.
In early August 2010, after Murcia's relegation, the 30-year-old Rosas agreed to a two-year deal at former side Salamanca. After meeting the same fate in Castile and León, he terminated his contract and moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing for FK Khazar Lankaran in Azerbaijan.
On 5 December 2012, Hércules CF acquired both Rosas and Pablo Redondo, who were free agents.
