Santiago Juan Gentiletti Selak (born 9 January 1985) is an Argentine former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Gentiletti played over 68 games for Gimnasia de La Plata before signing for

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in 2008. In 2009, he played for O'Higgins, also of Chile. In 2010, he was signed by

Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was recognized as one of the ...

and immediately established himself as an important member of the first team squad under manager Claudio Borghi. He was an important member of the team that won the Clausura 2010 championship having played in 16 of the club's 19 games and scored one goal during their championship winning campaign. In August 2011 he was signed by the French

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club

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on a loan deal. In August 2014, after winning

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with

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from Argentina, he moved to an Italian club,

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. On 18 July 2016, he moved to

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. On 29 August 2018, Gentiletti joined

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side

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 2 August 1940, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish football, holding home matches ...

. On 25 June 2019, Gentiletti joined to his country club

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. Having been injured for almost a year, Gentiletti retired from professional football on the 12th of July 2021.

Honours

Argentinos Juniors *

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: 2010 Clausura San Lorenzo *

: 2013 Inicial *

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* * * * 1985 births Living people Copa Libertadores-winning players People from Caseros Department Argentine men's footballers Argentine people of Croatian descent Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Men's association football defenders Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers Argentinos Juniors footballers San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile O'Higgins F.C. footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Provincial Osorno footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in France Stade Brestois 29 players SS Lazio players Genoa CFC players Albacete Balompié players Chilean Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Ligue 1 players Serie A players Segunda División players Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Argentine expatriate men's footballers Footballers from Santa Fe Province {{Argentina-footy-defender-1980s-stub