Carlos Rosado
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| Born | 8 September 1975 Mexico City, Mexico | ||||||
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| College | UDLAP | ||||||
| NFL draft | 1998: undrafted | ||||||
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Carlos Rosado Vallejo (born 8 September 1975) is a Mexican gridiron football coach and former wide receiver who is the head coach of the Reyes de Jalisco of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA). He played in NFL Europe for the Barcelona Dragons and the Amsterdam Admirals from 1998 through 2004. He also played preseason with the New York Jets during 2003.[1]
His father, Carlos Rosado Stevens, was a wide receiver for the Águilas Reales de UNAM from 1970 to 1974, and later served as the president of ONEFA, the Mexican college football league, from 2008 to 2011.[2] The younger Rosado began playing the sport at the age of seven.[3] He played college football for the Aztecas UDLAP, winning three consecutive ONEFA national championships between 1995 and 1997.[2] He also earned his degree in business administration.[2]
Coming out of college, Rosado joined the Barcelona Dragons of NFL Europe in 1998 after a pair of successful tryouts.[2][4] He played seven seasons in the league, becoming the second Mexican national to play in the league.[5] He was named the National (non-American) offensive player of the year in 2003.[3][6] Rosado was invited to training camp by the New York Jets in 2003, but did not make the final roster.[7][8]