| Is |
Athlete Football player Association football player |
| From | Argentina |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 9 November 1996, Departamento san Alberto, Argentina |
| Age: | 23 years |
| Star sign | Scorpio |
Leandro Vella (born 9 November 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba.
Vella is due to join Godoy Cruz on 3 July 2019, having agreed a transfer on 11 June.
Club career
Vella started his career with Escuela Pablo Kratina, which preceded a move to Huracán de Córdoba in 2008. In 2011, Instituto signed Vella. Having spent five years in the youth ranks of the Córdoba club, his professional bow came in a goalless draw with Gimnasia y Esgrima on 31 January 2016; which was followed by his opening goal two appearances later against Estudiantes. Further goals arrived versus Independiente Rivadavia, All Boys, Nueva Chicago and Almagro. After five goals in sixteen fixtures in 2016, Vella followed that up with a sole goal in the same number of matches across the 2016–17 campaign.
In August 2017, Vella joined Torneo Federal A side Central Córdoba on loan. Eleven goals, including a Copa Argentina hat-trick over San Lorenzo, followed as they won promotion to tier two. Godoy Cruz announced the signing of Vella on 11 June 2019, ahead of the 2019–20 season.
International career
At a young age, Vella was called up by the Argentina U15s.
Personal life
In December 2018, Vella was involved in a serious one-person, single-vehicle crash. Despite the car ending on its roof without wheels, Vella escaped unharmed.
Career statistics
- As of 13 June 2019.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Instituto | 2016 | Primera B Nacional | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | |
| 2016–17 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |||
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 42 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 44 | 7 | |||
| Central Córdoba (loan) | 2017–18 | Torneo Federal A | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 28 | 11 | |
| Career total | 69 | 15 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 72 | 18 | |||