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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luciano Martin Galletti | ||
| Date of birth | (1980-04-09)9 April 1980 (age 45) | ||
| Place of birth | La Plata, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Right winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1993 | Tolosano | ||
| 1993–1997 | Estudiantes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1999 | Estudiantes | 37 | (2) |
| 1999 | Parma | 0 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Napoli | 20 | (2) |
| 2000–2001 | Estudiantes | 28 | (9) |
| 2001–2005 | Zaragoza | 134 | (14) |
| 2005–2007 | Atlético Madrid | 62 | (5) |
| 2007–2010 | Olympiacos | 59 | (19) |
| 2013 | OFI | 6 | (0) |
| Total | 346 | (51) | |
| International career | |||
| 1999 | Argentina U20 | 12 | (10) |
| 2000–2005 | Argentina | 13 | (3) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Luciano Martín Galletti (Spanish pronunciation:[luˈsjanoɣaˈleti]; born 9 April 1980) is an Argentine retired professionalfootballer who played as aright winger.
In a professional career that lasted 14 years he played mostly in Spain, withZaragoza andAtlético Madrid, but also representedOlympiacos, winning five major titles with the latter club. He was also retired from 2010 to 2013, before returning to active withOFI.
AnArgentina international in the 2000s, Galletti appeared with the national team at the2005 Confederations Cup.
Born inLa Plata,Buenos Aires Province, Galletti's career began withEstudiantes de La Plata, where his fatherRubén Horacio played as a right-wingforward during the 1970s.[1][2] He scored once in 24 games inhis second season in thePrimera División.
In January 1999, Galletti joinedParma A.C. in Italy,[3] but failed to break into the first team, moving in the followingtransfer window to another club in the country,Serie B'sS.S.C. Napoli – loaned by Estudiantes, to where he would return for the2000–01 campaign.
Galletti signed withReal Zaragoza from Spain in the 2001 off-season. He made hisLa Liga debut on 26 August in a 1–2 away loss againstRCD Espanyol,[4] and finishedhis first year with 27 matches and two goals as the season ended in relegation.
From there onwards, Galletti became an undisputed starter for theAragonese, never appearing in less than 34 contests for the remainder of his spell.[2] In2003–04 he helped themwin theCopa del Rey, scoring the winner in a 3–2extra time win overReal Madrid.[5]
On 29 July 2005, Galletti joined fellow league sideAtlético Madrid for€4 million.[6] He netted his first league goal for his new team on 27 October, closing the scoresheet at home againstCádiz CF (3–0).[7]
Inhis second season with theColchoneros, Galletti scored four goals in 36 games as they finished in seventh position.[8]
On 30 June 2007, Galletti was transferred toOlympiacos F.C. in Greece, for a reported fee of €2.5 million,[9] with the player signing a four-year contract with an annual salary of €1.3 million. On 2 May 2009, he scored Olympiacos‘ 4th goal ofthe final of theGreek Cup againstAEK Athens F.C. giving his team a 4–3 lead but got sent off right after that and watched his team getting equalized but eventually winning the game and the title after a thrilling penalty shoot-out;[10] afterthat campaign ended and he contributed with a career-best 14 goals to thenational championship's conquest, he signed a contract extension linking him to thePiraeus club until 2013 – the new deal contained a release clause fee of €15 million.[11]
In early February 2010, Galletti was diagnosed with severekidney failure, causing him to miss the rest ofthe season. He announced his retirement the following summer, aged only 30;[12] in early October 2012, however, he underwent a successfulkidney transplant, the donor being his father Rubén.[13][14]
Galletti returned to Olympiacos on 3 September 2014 after an unassuming spell as player atOFI, being appointedscout forLatin America.[15]
Galletti was the top scorer at the1999 South American Youth Championship with nine goals in only eight games, ranking ahead the likes ofRonaldinho andRoque Santa Cruz as theArgentina under-20s won the competition inParaguay.[2] He earned 13caps for thefull side,[16] making his debut in 2000[17] and being selected to the squad that appeared in the2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, where he played three matches for the eventual runners-up, includingthe final againstBrazil.
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