Igor Rossi Branco

Igor Rossi Branco or Igor Rossi for short (born 10 March 1989 in Campinas, São Paulo) is a Brazilian professional footballer, who plays for Al-Faisaly, as a centre-back. In addition to playing centre-back, Rossi can also play at left-back. He has previously played for Internacional, Marítimo and Heart of Midlothian.

Igor Rossi began his career in Internacional. In 2010, moved to Marítimo, and started to play in the Marítimo's B team. At the end of the 2010–11 season, Igor Rossi was promoted to the first team.

After included as an un-used substitute in the opening game of the season against Beira-Mar, Igor Rossi made his debut for the senior team in the Primeira Liga on 11 December 2011, in a 1–0 against Benfica. Rossi later made five appearance in the 2011–12 season.

In the 2012–13 season, Igor was included in the 25 man squad. Igor then scored his first goal in a game against Benfica. In his final season before being released, he played only four matches – two as a starter – and ten for the reserves in Segunda Liga.

On 22 July 2015, he signed a one-year deal at Heart of Midlothian, newly returned to the Scottish Premiership. He made his debut eight days later in the first round of the season's Scottish League Cup at home against Arbroath, replacing double goalscorer Osman Sow for the final 13 minutes of a 4–2 victory. On 2 August he played the full 90 minutes of his first league game, a 4–3 win against St Johnstone.

Rossi moved to Saudi club Al-Faisaly Harmah in January 2017.

His younger brother Raphael is also a defender, for FC Sion in Switzerland.

As of 29 January 2018