Roberto Colautti

Early career

Colautti was raised in Lozada, a settlement of 1,000 inhabitants near Córdoba. After playing semi-professionally in the city, he attracted the attention of Boca Juniors from Buenos Aires. In 2002, Colautti moved to Europe for the first time to play for AC Lugano in Switzerland. After the suicide of the club president, it was discovered that the club was in debt, and was relegated for administrative reasons to the second tier. Colautti then chose to return to Argentina, where he played for Banfield and Boca Juniors again.

Maccabi Haifa

Colautti joined Israeli team Maccabi Haifa in 2004. In his first season with Maccabi he was the top scorer in the 2004–05 Israeli Premier League with 19 goals from 30 appearances in Haifa's championship season. In the 2005–06 Israeli Premier League, Colautti was the league's second top scorer with 13 strikes from 28 matches in Haifa's successful title defence. He was also involved in their victory in the 2005–06 Toto Cup. In the 2006–07 Israeli Premier League, Colautti scored seven times in 32 matches, where Haifa finished the league in fifth place. In the first round of the 2006–07 UEFA Cup, Roberto Colautti scored Maccabi Haifa's third goal against Litex Lovech, giving the Israeli side a 4–2 aggregate victory. Then, in the group stage, Colautti secured a 3–1 victory over the French side Auxerre at home, scoring Maccabi Haifa's third goal in the 58th minute, with Colautti rounding the Auxerre goalkeeper Fabien…

On 2 September 2006, Colautti made his debut for the Israel national team, having received clearance from FIFA only two days before the match. His debut saw Israel defeat Estonia 1–0 in Tallinn, Estonia. Colautti scored the only goal of the match in the 9th minute. He has scored a brace against Croatia and further goals against Andorra, Macedonia and another goal against Estonia. All of his goals have come in Israel's UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers; in his first seven matches, he had six international goals to his name. Colautti was granted full Israeli citizenship along with Toto Tamuz (originally from Nigeria), after their respective applications were approved by the Minister of Internal Affairs Roni Bar-On in 2007.

Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Colautti goal.

Colautti was born in Córdoba, Argentina. His grandfather was from Udine in northeastern Italy. He acquired an Israeli citizenship in 2007, two years after marrying his Israeli girlfriend Alvit Strauss (sister of Israeli goalkeepers Sagi Strauss and Ram Strauss) and on account of their marriage. They have four daughters.