Néstor Ítalo Julio Isella Ferlini (May 6, 1937 – November 20, 2015) was an Argentine-Chilean professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

and head coach who played as a

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for clubs of Argentina and Chile. He was born in

Rafaela Rafaela () is a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, about 96 km from the provincial capital. It is the head town of the Castellanos Department. It has a population of 99,150 per the . The city was established in 1881 by Guillermo ...

, Argentina.

Clubs (Player)

Unión de Santa Fe Club Atlético Unión (; mostly known as Unión de Santa Fe ) is a sports club from Santa Fe, the capital city of the Santa Fe Province, in Argentina. The club was founded on April 15, 1907 and plays in the Argentine Primera División. Althoug ...

1956–1959 *

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...

1960 *

Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (; ''La Plata Gymnastics and Fencing Club''), also known simply as Gimnasia, is an Argentine professional sports club based in the city of La Plata, Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1887 as "Club de Gimnasia ...

1961 * River Plate 1962 * Universidad Católica 1963–1970

Clubs (Head coach)

Unión Española Club Unión Española S.A.D.P. is a professional association football, football club based in the Independencia, Chile, Independencia neighborhood, commune of Santiago, Chile. They currently participate in the Chilean Primera Division, Primera D ...

1971–1972 *

Palestino Club Deportivo Palestino is a professional football club based in the city of Santiago, Chile. The club was founded in 1920 and plays in the Primera División de Chile. They play their home games at the Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna stadium ...

1973 * Universidad Católica 1973 * Deportes Concepción 1974 * Universidad Católica 1978 *

Audax Italiano Audax Club Sportivo Italiano () is a Chilean football club based in La Florida. Founded in 1910, it plays in the Campeonato Nacional and has spent most of its history in the top tier of Chilean football. Audax has been national champions four t ...

1978–1979 *

Coquimbo Unido Coquimbo Unido is a Chilean football club based in the city of Coquimbo. The club was founded August 30, 1958 and will play in the Chilean Primera División on 2022. Their home games are played at the Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso ...

1979 *

1979–1980

Personal life

From 1990 to 2001, Isella worked as a football commentator and analyst for the Chilean TV channel Canal 13, making a renowned pair alongside

Alberto Fouillioux Alberto Jorge Fouillioux Ahumada (22 November 1940 – 23 June 2018) was a Chilean football midfielder and striker who earned 70 caps and scored 12 goals for the Chile national team during his career. Career Fouillioux made his debut for Uni ...

in the TV program '.Fallece el histórico ex futbolista Alberto "Tito" Fouillioux a los 77 años de edad

Honours

* Universidad Católica

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

Chilean Primera División The Chilean Primera División (English: First Division) is the top-tier league of the Chilean football league system. It is organized by the ''Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, ANFP''. The league is known as the Campeonato AFP PlanVital ...

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Néstor Isella
at Cruzados 1937 births 2015 deaths Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Footballers from Rafaela Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Unión de Santa Fe footballers Boca Juniors footballers Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers Club Atlético River Plate footballers Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers Argentine Primera División players Chilean Primera División players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Men's association football midfielders Argentine football managers Argentine expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Chile Argentine emigrants to Chile Naturalized citizens of Chile Chilean football managers Unión Española managers Club Deportivo Palestino managers Club Deportivo Universidad Católica managers Deportes Concepción (Chile) managers Audax Italiano managers Coquimbo Unido managers Chilean Primera División managers Chilean association football commentators {{Argentina-footy-bio-stub