Vince Grella

Vince Grella
Personnel
Surname	Vincenzo Grella
birthday	May 5th 1979
place of birth	Dandenong , Melbourne ,  Australia
size	183 cm
position	midfield
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1996-1997	Canberra Cosmos	10 (0)
1997-1999	Carlton SC	20 (2)
1998-2000	FC Empoli	5 (0)
1999-2001	Ternana Calcio	27 (0)
2001-2004	FC Empoli	88 (1)
2004-2007	Parma FC	92 (2)
2007-2008	Torino FC	25 (1)
2008–2012	Blackburn Rovers	38 (0)
2012-2013	Melbourne Heart	1 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1997-1999	Australia U-20	10 (0)
1996-2000	Australia U-23	17 (0)
2003-2010	Australia	46 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Vincenzo "Vince" Grella (born May 5, 1979 in Dandenong , Melbourne ) is a former Australian football player ; he played in the position of midfielder .

societies

Grella, a son of Italian immigrants, began his career at Canberra Cosmos , after one season he moved to Carlton SC . In the 1998-99 season, the Australian moved to FC Empoli in the Italian Serie B . After a season in Tuscany , he switched to league competitor Ternana Calcio where he was unable to prevail. For the 2001/02 season Grella then returned to FC Empoli. In the first season he was able to celebrate promotion to Serie A. As a result, Grella played two seasons as a regular in Serie A before moving to FC Parma for the 2004/05 season, where he was in the regular squad until the end of the 2006/07 season. He completed the 2007/08 season for Torino , where he originally signed a three-year contract.

On August 26, 2008 he moved to the English Premier League for the Blackburn Rovers . Grella signed a four-year contract with the club where his compatriot Brett Emerton had already hired. The clubs involved agreed not to disclose the transfer fee, with press reports suggesting a sum in the vicinity of 3.5 to four million pounds. In the summer of 2012, his expiring contract was not extended.

After Grella initially couldn't find a new club and had kept himself fit in Italy with a personal trainer , he signed a contract with the Australian first division club Melbourne Heart in October 2012 until the end of June 2013. At the end of January 2013 Grella came to his first assignment for Heart, withdrew In the game, however, an injury and then announced his immediate end of career.

National team

In 2003, Grella made his debut for the Australian national team and has since played regularly. He was part of the Australian national team at the 2006 and 2010 World Cups .

Others

After the end of his active career, Vince Grella settled in Italy with his family. He is married to an Italian woman whom he met while at FC Empoli and has three children (two daughters, one son).

Web links

• Vince Grella in the database of weltfussball.de
• Vince Grella in the database of transfermarkt.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Late Celebrity Baby News: Vince and Barbara Grella. January 31, 2013, accessed July 8, 2020 . 
2. ↑ "Grella firma per il Torino" ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (www.torinofc.it) 
3. ^ "Blackburn Rovers sign Vince Grella" (Lancashire Telegraph)
4. ↑ footballaustralia.com.au: Grella set for Melbourne ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , October 16, 2012, accessed October 16, 2012 
5. ^ Vince Grella: I quit. (No longer available online.) January 28, 2013, archived from the original ; accessed in 2013 . 
6. ↑ Michael Lynch: Honest to the last kick, Grella hangs up his boots. January 29, 2013, accessed April 10, 2020 .