Luciano Galletti

Luciano Galletti

Personal information
Full name	Luciano Martín Galletti
Date of birth	April 9, 1980 (1980-04-09)
Place of birth	La Plata, Argentina
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–1999	Estudiantes	37	(2)
1999	Parma	0	(0)
1999–2000	SSC Napoli	20	(2)
2000–2001	Estudiantes	28	(9)
2001–2005	Real Zaragoza	134	(14)
2005–2007	Atlético Madrid	62	(5)
2007–2010	Olympiacos	59	(19)
National team
2000–2005	Argentina	13	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 July 2009. † Appearances (Goals).

Luciano Martín Galletti (born 9 April 1980 in La Plata) is a former Argentine football winger last playing for Olympiacos CFP in Greece.

Playing career

Galletti's playing career began in Estudiantes de La Plata, where his father Rubén Horacio Galletti played as right wing forward 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.

On 30 June 2007, he was transferred to Greek club Olympiacos FC for a reported fee of €2.5m, while he signed a four year contract with an annual salary of 1.3 million. On July 8, 2009 Luciano Galletti signed a contract extension which will keep him to Piraeus till 2013. The new contract has a release clause fee of €15million.

Health problems

In early February 2010 Galletti was diagnosed with severe kidney failure, causing him to miss out on all games for the rest of the season. It is thought to be highly unlikely he can continue playing professional football, and is expected to formally retire and take up scouting duties for Olympiacos.

International career

He has represented the Argentine national team in thirteen matches and has scored three goals. At the end his career ended the season 2009-2010.

Personal

He also holds an Italian passport.

National team statistics

Argentina national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2000	1	0
2001	0	0
2002	1	0
2003	3	0
2004	1	0
2005	7	1
Total	13	1

Honours

Argentina

• South American Youth Championship: 1999*
• FIFA Confederations Cup: Runner-up 2005

Real Zaragoza

• Copa del Rey: 2004
• Supercopa de España: 2004

Olympiacos

• Greek Super Cup: 2007
• Super League Greece : 2008, 2009**
• Greek Cup: 2008, 2009

_{*1999:South American Youth Championship Top Goalscorer}

_{**2009:Super League Greece Top Goalscorer}

External links

• Official site
• Luciano Galletti at Voetbal International (Dutch)