Ariel Rosada

{{short description|Argentine footballer}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ariel Rosada

| image =

| fullname = Javier Ariel Rosada

| height = 1.81 m

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|4|11}}

| birth_place = Campana, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Defensive midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1996–1998

| years2 = 1998–1999

| years3 = 1999

| years4 = 1999–2003

| years5 = 2003–2005

| years6 = 2005–2008

| years7 = 2008–2009

| years8 = 2009–2010

| years9 = 2010–2011

| years10 = 2011–2012

| years11 = 2012–2013

| clubs1 = Boca Juniors

| clubs2 = AZ Alkmaar

| clubs3 = Boca Juniors

| clubs4 = Chacarita Juniors

| clubs5 = Newell's Old Boys

| clubs6 = Toluca

| clubs7 = Celta Vigo

| clubs8 = Boca Juniors

| clubs9 = Banfield

| clubs10 = Olimpo

| clubs11 = Villa Dálmine

| caps1 = 12

| caps2 = ?

| caps3 = 1

| caps4 = 55

| caps5 = 60

| caps6 = 75

| caps7 = 49

| caps8 = 23

| caps9 = 22

| caps10 = 30

| caps11 = 7

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = ?

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 2

| goals7 = 0

| goals8 = 0

| goals9 = 0

| goals10 = 0

| goals11 = 0

| pcupdate = 13:25, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

}}

Javier Ariel Rosada (born 11 April 1978 in Campana, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina) is an Argentine midfielder. He is known for his uncompromising tackling and resolutely defensive playing style.

Rosada began to play professionally in Argentina in 1995 with Boca Juniors in the Argentine Primera División. In 1998, he joined the Dutch club AZ Alkmaar, but returned to Boca after one year. In the same year, he joined another Argentine team, Chacarita Juniors, in Primera B Nacional until 2003 when joined Newell's Old Boys in Rosario. In 2005, he left for the "Diablos Rojos", Toluca. He was then transferred from Celta to play for Boca Juniors.