Luciano Germán Vella (born April 13, 1981) is a retired Argentine

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who played as a

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Career

He started playing football for his home town club

Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football. A ...

. He transferred to then

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club

Cádiz CF Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., known simply as Cádiz, is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the La Liga, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20 ...

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

loaned the 29-year-old right wingback from

Club Atlético Independiente Club Atlético Independiente () is an Argentina, Argentine professional sports club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda in Greater Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its Association football, football team, wh ...

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 Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 tea ...

: 2011–12

External links

Bdfa profile

Argentine Primera statistics

Soccerway profile

1981 births Living people Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe Argentine men's footballers Men's association football defenders Newell's Old Boys footballers Cádiz CF players Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers FC Rapid București players Club Atlético Independiente footballers Club Atlético River Plate footballers Unión de Santa Fe footballers Argentine Primera División players La Liga players Liga I players Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Romania Argentine people of Maltese descent {{Argentina-footy-defender-1980s-stub