- Luciano Galletti
Football player infobox
playername= Luciano Galletti
fullname = Luciano Martín Galletti
nickname = Huesito
height = height|meter=1.79
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|4|9
cityofbirth =Mar de Plata
countryofbirth =Argentina
position =Midfielder
currentclub =Olympiacos
clubnumber = 7
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1997–1999 1999 1999–2000 2000–2001 2001–2005 2005–2007 2007–present
clubs = Estudiantes Parma SSC Napoli EstudiantesReal Zaragoza Atlético Madrid Olympiacos
caps(goals) = 37 (2) 0 (0) 11 (2) 28 (9) 135 (15) 62 (5) 24 (8)
pcupdate = April 20, 2008
nationalyears = 2000-2005
nationalteam = Argentina
nationalcaps(goals) = 13 (3)
ntupdate =Luciano Martín Galletti (born
9 April 1980 inMar de Plata ) is anArgentine football right winger currently playing forOlympiacos inGreece . He has represented the Argentine national team in thirteen matches and has scored three goals.Playing career
Galletti's playing career began in
Estudiantes de La Plata , where his fatherRubén Horacio Galletti played as right wing during the 1970s. He was top goalscorer at the 1999 South American Youth Championship, ahead of players likeRonaldinho andRoque Santa Cruz . Galletti was bought by ItalianSerie A clubParma A.C. , but failed to break through in Italian football, so he returned to Argentina for a short time. He then played four seasons forReal Zaragoza , where he scored the winning goal to win theCopa del Rey againstReal Madrid . He then joinedAtlético Madrid in 2005, in a fee of €4m. [cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=321952.html|title=Galletti arrives at Atlético|date=2005-07-25 |work=UEFA.com]On 30 June 2007, he was transferred to
Olympiacos for a reported fee of €2.5m, [cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=556913.html|title=Galletti lured by European goal|date=2007-06-30 |work=UEFA.com] while he signed a four year contract with an annual salary of 1.3M. [cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=336294|title=Galletti Set For Olympiacos Move|date=2007-06-25 |work=Goal.com]Trivia
* Galletti has played for three teams that wear red and white striped shirts:
Olympiacos , Estudiantes, andAtlético Madrid
* In hisUEFA Champions League debut, Galletti found the back of the net after only 55 minutes.Honours
*
Greek Cup : 2008
*Greek Super League :2008
*Greek Super Cup : 2007
* FIFA Confederations Cup: Runner-up 2005
*Copa del Rey : 2004 (with Real Zaragoza)
*South American Youth Championship : 1999Footnotes
External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHKaO3c4qLM Galletti Goals] YouTube 20 goals in one video
* [http://www.footballdatabase.com/index.php?page=player&Id=6469&pn=Luciano_Mart%C3%ADn_Galletti Luciano Martín Galletti] at FootballDatabase
*nl icon [http://www.vi.nl/vi/show/id=40053/dbid=37882/typeofpage=40054/sc=efff67 Luciano Galletti] at Voetbal International
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