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 Estudiantes Real 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 in Mar de Plata) is an Argentine football right winger currently playing for Olympiacos in Greece. 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 father Rubén Horacio Galletti played as right wing during the 1970s. He was top goalscorer at the 1999 South American Youth Championship, ahead of players like Ronaldinho and Roque Santa Cruz. Galletti was bought by Italian Serie A club Parma A.C., but failed to break through in Italian football, so he returned to Argentina for a short time. He then played four seasons for Real Zaragoza, where he scored the winning goal to win the Copa del Rey against Real Madrid. He then joined Atlético 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, and Atlético Madrid
* In his UEFA 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: 1999

Footnotes

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