Vince Grella

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

Clubs

Grella began his career with Canberra Cosmos, after a season he moved to Carlton SC. In the season 1998/99 the Australian moved to FC Empoli in the Italian Serie B. After a season in Tuscany, he returns to the league rivals Ternana Calcio where he could not sustainable prevail. For the 2001/02 season Grella then returned back to the FC Empoli. In the first season he was able to celebrate the promotion to the Serie A. As a result, Grella played two season as a regular player in Serie A before the Parma he joined the 2004/05 season, where he stood up to the end of the 2006/07 season in the root cadres. The season 2007/ 08 he graduated to Torino, where he had originally signed a three-year contract there.

On 26 August 2008 he moved to the English Premier League Blackburn Rovers. Grella signed with the club, where had already hired his compatriot Brett Emerton, a four-year contract. About the transfer fee to the clubs involved agreed on silence, which according to press reports a sum in the vicinity of 3.5 to four million pounds has been speculated. In summer 2012, his expiring contract was not renewed.

After Grella initially found no new club and had kept fit with a personal trainer in Italy, he signed in October 2012 a contract with the Australian first division club Melbourne Heart to the end of June 2013. Late January 2013 Grella came to his first race for Heart, retired in the game, however, an injury and then announced his immediate career end.

National

In 2003, Grella made ​​his debut in the Australian national team, since he comes in regularly used. He belonged to the squad of the Australian national team at the 2006 World Championships and 2010.