Goal.com: Giuseppe Rossi parla della sua vita italiana e americana, 16/06/2009

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[marco10matteo]

no, he speaks impeccable italian ... he speaks it in such a way that there is no accent (the way someone who learns it) ie someone who never speaks it and learn to speak it perfectly. The flow of his words and grammar is perfect ...

Like most of us (children on italians who have spent time in italy and/or spoken standard non-dialect or american/canadian italian growing up)

[CoryChiarelli]

How does a marvellous striker like this get left off the 2010 WC roster? Prandelli will do well to call him up and make him stay.

[XatruchJ8]

Italian is very easy to learn for us who speak spanish...

[Tiziano18]

Giuseppe rossi lippi cogilioneee

[cPONTEGGI]

@illiowa non ha mai giocato per l'USA

[rjsartor]

@d89mi no dont know what you mean. he is a 'real' italian

[rjsartor]

His American accent is Jersey/Italian dialect, the result of speaking Italian at home and New Jersey english dialect outside. He moved back to Italy at age 12 for 4 years so while he already was fluent in Italian from his parents who both taught the language it became even more natural. Then after his departure from england to Spain he became fluent in Spanish after already partially knowing it because his parents also taught Spanish in America, which means he can understand portugese too.

[ichiban009]

@alvaroeal16 Good but with an italian accent.

[alvaroeal16]

How's his Spanish?

[cielospree313]

his parents are from Italy and they are language teachers at Clifton High (a high school in Clifton, New Jersey) so he was most likely brought up with Italian and English. prayers go out to his family, his father recently passed away.