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Vella (surname)
Vella is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Surnames *Adam Vella, (born 1971), Australian shooter and Olympic medalist *Alex Vella (born 1953), Maltese-Australian businessman and former boxer *Christina Vella (1942–2017), American historian of modern Europe *Corissa Vella (born 1988), Maltese footballer *Daniel J. Vella (born 1955), Canadian racehorse trainer *George William Vella (born 1942), Maltese politician *Gianni Vella (1885–1977), Maltese artist *John Vella (born 1950), American football player * (1942–2018), Maltese composer *Karmenu Vella (born 1950), Maltese politician *Lolly Vella (1933–2012), Australian soccer player *Luciano Vella (born 1981), Argentine soccer player *Margot Vella (born 1999), Australian dual-code rugby player *Marjanu Vella (1927–1988), Maltese poet *Michael Vella (born 1980), Australian professional rugby league player *Philip Vella, Maltese composer *Silvio Vella (born 1967), Canadian soccer player *Simon Vella (born 1979 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Vella
Adam Joseph Vella (born 12 June 1971) is the National Shotgun Coach of the Australian Team. He is a former Australian olympic clay target shooting champion. Vella was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Melbourne and is a Commonwealth Games four times gold medalist and an Olympic Games, Olympic bronze medalist. Adam Vella is the only shooter who has ever ranked #1 in the World at the same time in Trap and Double Trap. Despite being the No 1 ranked shooter in the world in 2007, Adam missed on the selection to the 2008 Olympics. His international performances were not taken into consideration as per the AISL Olympic selection criteria and the position was won by Craig Henwood after beating Adam by 1 target. Adam Vella represented Australia in 2016, his third Olympics. Adam Vella retired from professional Shooting and since December 2016 he has been appointed by Shooting Australia as the National High Performance Shotgun Coach. "Adam's appointment comes after a competitive recruit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciano Vella
Luciano Germán Vella (born April 13, 1981) is a retired Argentine footballer who played as a right-back. Career He started playing football for his home town club Newell's Old Boys. He transferred to then La Liga club Cádiz CF in January 2006. He endured a rather unsuccessful spell in Spain with Cádiz relegated after the 2005–06 season. They were then unable to bounce back the following season (finishing 5th), and with the club looking to miss promotion again half-way through the 2007–08 season, Vella returned to Argentina with Vélez Sársfield for the start of the 2008 Clausura championship. On 10 June 2010 Newell's Old Boys loaned the 29-year-old right wingback from Club Atlético Independiente. Honours ;Newell's Old Boys * Primera División: 2004 Apertura ;River Plate *Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinny Vella
Vincent Frank Vella (January 11, 1947 – February 20, 2019) was an American actor, talk show host and comedian. He acted in more than forty films often in the role of a gangster. He was best known for the role of Artie Piscano in Martin Scorsese's ''Casino'' and Jimmy Petrille in the HBO show ''The Sopranos''. Early life Vella was born on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, New York City. His father was from Bari, Italy and his mother was from Naples, Italy. Vella's father had a fish store in Little Italy. Career Vella acted in more than forty films often in the role of gangster. He was best known for the role of Artie Piscano in Martin Scorsese's ''Casino''. He played Jimmy Petrille on the HBO show ''The Sopranos''. He was the subject of a 67-minute 2000 documentary called ''Hey, Vinny'' by director John Huba. In New York City, he hosted a public-access television cable TV show on MNN, the Vinny Vella show. He appeared in more than 35 advertisements. Personal life He was m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Vella
Simon Vella (born 19 September 1979) is a retired footballer who played as a defender. Born in England, he represented the Malta national team at internationalvel. Vella started his career with Wimbledon before joining non-League Sutton United. He spent the rest of his club career in Scotland, playing for Stenhousemuir, Clydebank, Airdrie United, Forfar Athletic and in junior football for Bo'ness United Bo'ness United Football Club is a Scottish football club, based in the town of Bo'ness. The team plays in the after winning the East of Scotland and gaining SFA membership in 2020. They presently play their home games at Newtown Park, which .... He joined Forfar in July 2003 after leaving Airdrie. References 1979 births Living people Naturalised citizens of Malta Maltese men's footballers Malta men's international footballers English men's footballers English people of Maltese descent Men's association football defenders Wimbledon F.C. players Sutton Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvio Vella
Silvio Vella (born 8 February 1967) is a former professional footballer who played for Rabat Ajax and Hibernians as a defender. Born in Canada, he played for the Malta national team. Career Born in Canada, Vella has dual nationality, Maltese and Canadian. His family moved to Malta in 1970. He started playing football with Rabat Ajax and when he was promoted to the senior team, he soon became an invaluable asset, and rarely missed a game. Silvio Vella was chosen as Malta's Footballer of the Year in the 1993–94 season, in spite of Rabat Ajax' relegation as the first (and to date only) player from a relegated team to win that award. This was at the height of his career, and to keep on playing in the Premier Division he joined Hibernians. Although it was initially a loan deal, it became a permanent transfer later on, and he remained a Hibernians player for the rest of his career. After his retirement in the summer of 2002, he joined the Malta Football Association's coac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Vella
Philip Vella is a Maltese musical composer. He has won the main national festivals of Malta several times such as the Malta Song for Europe, International Festival of Maltese Song (Malta Song Festival) as well as L-Għanja tal-Poplu festival. He has successfully competed in International festivals in the Netherlands (song by 'Ebonique' finishing third in the Eurofestival in 2003), finalist in the Belgian Song for Eurovision competition in 2006, Bulgaria (Best song in the 2003 edition of the Discovery song festival), Czech Republic, Slovenia, Kazakhstan (Best song in 2003 Voice of Asia), Romania (3rd placing in the 2005 edition of the Golden Stag festival) as well as six times representing Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest, placing 2nd in 2002 in Estonia with the song " 7th Wonder", in 2000 in Sweden with the song "Desire", in 2004 in Turkey with the song ‘ On Again... Off Again’ and in 2007 in Finland with the song "Vertigo" that received over 31,000 televotes in Malta. For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Vella
Michael Vella is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative forward, he played his club football in the NRL for the Parramatta Eels, and in the Super League for Hull Kingston Rovers, who he also captained. In addition to representing Australia internationally, he has played for the Malta Knights as he is of Maltese descent. Playing career Vella made his first grade debut for Parramatta against North Queensland in Round 11 1998 at Willows Sports Complex. Vella was selected to play from the interchange bench for New South Wales in Game II of the 1999 State of Origin series. At club level, Vella was selected as the Dally M rookie of the year in 1999 and played 24 games for Parramatta as the club reached the preliminary final against Melbourne. Parramatta went into the break leading 16-0 but lost the match 18-16 at full time. At the end of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjanu Vella
Marjanu Vella, O.F.M. (14 December 1927 – 25 February 1988) was a poet born in Tas-Sliema, Malta in 1927. His primary education was taken at Stella Maris College, a private school, then for his secondary studies attended the Malta Lyceum. He obtained the Matriculation Certificate in Maltese and Italian. At the age of 18 he entered the Franciscan order , image = FrancescoCoA PioM.svg , image_size = 200px , caption = A cross, Christ's arm and Saint Francis's arm, a universal symbol of the Franciscans , abbreviation = OFM , predecessor = , ... in Malta and eventually was ordained Priest in August 1952. The first sign of his future career began when he was still a young student at the Lyceum in 1941. There he wrote his first poem. Fr. Marjanu wrote also prose and other poems which were published in "'' Lehen il-Malti''". Other poems were published in an anthology edited by Professor Guze Aquilina. Between 1952 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margot Vella
Margot Vella (born 11 April 1999) is an Australian dual-code rugby footballer who plays as a er or . She plays rugby league for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL Women's Premiership (NRLW) and rugby union for the NSW Waratahs in the Super W. Background Vella was born in Campbelltown, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. She is of Maltese descent. She attended St Patrick's College, Campbelltown Saint Patricks College is an Australian independent Roman Catholic single-sex secondary day school for girls located in Campbelltown in south-western Sydney, New South Wales. Established in 1840, it was the first school built by private ente ..., before moving to the United States in 2018 to play college rugby union for Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. Rugby league career 2023 season On 29 July 2023, Vella scored two tries on her NRLW debut for the Dragons, recording a 38–12 victory over the Parramatta Eels. In August, Vella scored the match winni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lolly Vella
Emmanuel "Lolly" Vella (7 August 1933 – 29 September 2012) was an Australian former association footballer. Club career Vella played for Footscray JUST, Sunshine George Cross and Maribyrnong-PoloniaJohn Punshon "http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/1963SLR.html" ozfootball.net in the Victoria State League. International career Vella played two matches for the Australia national team in 1958 against New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count .... Post-football Vella worked for Massey Ferguson until retiring at the age of 57. He died in September 2012. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Vella, Lolly 1933 births 2012 deaths Australian men's soccer players Australia men's international soccer players Men's association football players not categorized by positi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Vella
Alessio Emmanuel Vella (born 5 June 1953), or Maltese Falcon, is a Maltese businessman, former boxer and the former National President of the Rebels Motorcycle Club in Australia. Despite having lived in Australia since the 1960s, he is not a citizen of the country. This caused visa problems when he tried to return to Australia after having gone to Japan with his son Adam (also a boxer) for a boxing match in 2007. The New South Wales Police Force tried to bar Vella from re-entering Australia then, but he was eventually allowed to return. In 2014 Vella visited his friends and family in Malta, and while he was there, his residency visa was cancelled by the Australian Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Vella tried to appeal in the High Court of Australia in October 2015, but was not permitted to. Private life Vella was born into a strict Catholic family in Malta and was one of eleven children. His parents lived in a small villa near Buskett. He began work at the age o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karmenu Vella
Karmenu Vella is a Maltese politician and former member of the European Commission, in charge of Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries between 2014 and 2019. He has been one of the longest serving Maltese Parliamentarian with the Maltese Labour Party. He was appointed Companion of the National Order of Merit of Malta in 2019. Biography Vella was born on 19 June 1950, in Zurrieq and is the eldest of three children. Vella lived in Zurrieq for 33 years from 1950 till 1983. He now lives in Birzebbugia with his wife Marianne (née Buhagiar). The couple has two sons, John married to Miriam Dalli, and Philip married to Rania (née Mamo). He is also a grandfather of two, Adam and Jack. Education After his primary education in Zurrieq and his secondary education at the Lyceum Secondary School, Vella attended his pre-tertiary education at the University of Malta's Junior College until 1968. Karmenu Vella attended the Royal University of Malta where he was conferred with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |