Santiago Gallucci
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Santiago Alejandro Gallucci Otero[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 8 March 1991||
Place of birth | Ramallo, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Douglas Haig | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2011 | River Plate | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | River Plate | 0 | (0) |
2013–2015 | Godoy Cruz | 2 | (0) |
2015–2017 | Douglas Haig | 62 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Unión Española | 36 | (0) |
2018–2020 | Central Córdoba | 16 | (0) |
2020–2021 | San Martín Tucumán | 15 | (0) |
2022– | Douglas Haig | 19 | (0) |
International career | |||
2009–2010 | Argentina U20 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:39, 31 July 2022 (UTC) |
Santiago Alejandro Gallucci Otero (born 8 March 1991) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a midfielder for Douglas Haig
Club career
[edit]Gallucci was born in Ramallo, Buenos Aires Province,[1] and began his football career in the youth system of River Plate in 2002.[2] He was selected for the Argentina under-20 team,[3] and in mid-2011, was on the bench for the second leg of the playoff against Belgrano,[4] which saw River relegated from the top division for the first time in their history.[5] He took part in pre-season training with the first team under new manager Matías Almeyda, and was in the starting eleven for friendly matches,[6][7] but fell out of favour and never made a senior appearance.[2] He was allowed to travel to Spain for a trial with Villarreal that proved unsuccessful,[2] and in 2013, his contract was cancelled by mutual consent.[8]
He signed for Godoy Cruz, managed by Martín Palermo,[8] as "one for the future".[9] He made his first-team debut in August 2013 in the Copa Argentina, and his first Primera División appearance in the last match of the Torneo Inicial – Palermo's last match in charge – in December.[10][11] After just one more first-team appearance,[10] Gallucci moved on to Douglas Haig of the Primera B in February 2015. He played about half the matches in his first season – which he attributed to injury and then a change of coach[12] – and then was used more regularly.[10]
With Douglas Haig facing relegation from the 2016–17 Primera B,[13] Martín Palermo signed Gallucci for Chilean Primera División club Unión Española.[14][15] He started all but one match and was, according to El Mercurio's headline writer, "the brain that pulls the strings" as the team finished as runners-up in the 2017 Torneo de Transición.[10][15]
International career
[edit]Gallucci made several appearances for Argentina U20 while a River player. At the age of 18, he started the first two group matches at the 2009 Toulon Tournament,[3] but was sent off in the second half of the semifinal as Argentina went out to France on penalties,[16] so was unable to take part in the third-place match, in which Argentina beat the Netherlands with a last-minute goal.[17] He continued in the side in 2010.[18][19]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Santiago Gallucci". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "Gallucci Otero trial at Villarreal unsuccessful" [Gallucci Otero proved unsuccessful at Villarreal]. La Pagina Millonaria (in Spanish). 28 September 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Argentina aplastó a Holanda en su debut en Toulon" [Argentina crush the Netherlands on their Toulon debut]. La Voz del Interior (in Spanish). Córdoba. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
"Toulon: La Argentina venció a Egipto y está a un paso de la semifinal" [Toulon: Argentina beat Egypt and are one step from the semifinal]. La Nación (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2018. - ^ "Golpe por golpe" [Blow by blow]. Olé (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. 26 June 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ "Argentina's River Plate lose historic relegation fight". BBC News. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ "River goleó a Defensores de Belgrano y se ilusiona" [River thrash Defensores de Belgrano and get their hopes up]. Ámbito Financiero (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ "River remontó y empató con Nacional" [River came back to draw with Nacional]. La Voz del Interior (in Spanish). Córdoba. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Gallucci Otero: "Somos conscientes de la situación en la que estamos"" [Gallucci Otero: "We're mindful of our situation"]. Los Andes (in Spanish). Mendoza. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "Godoy Cruz quiere dar el salto de calidad" [Godoy Cruz want to make the leap in quality]. Copa Argentina (in Spanish). 16 July 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
Santiago Gallucci Otero llegó como una apuesta a futuro desde River y Jonathan Ramis arribó desde Aldosivi. [Santiago Gallucci Otero arrived from River as one for the future and Jonathan Ramis came in from Aldosivi.]
- ^ a b c d "S. Gallucci Otero". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "Racing derrotó a Godoy Cruz en la despedida de Palermo" [Racing defeat Godoy Cruz in Palermo's farewell] (in Spanish). Télam. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ "Gallucci Otero y su año en Douglas Haig" [Gallucci Otero and his year at Douglas Haig] (in Spanish). Ramallo: Meta FM. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ "Una baja sensible para Douglas" [Painful departure for Douglas]. Diario Pergamino (in Spanish). 28 June 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ "Unión Española oficializó a jugador formado en River Plate como su octavo refuerzo" [Unión Española confirm River Plate youth product as their eighth signing] (in Spanish). Santiago: Radio Cooperativa. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ a b Vera Leiva, Leonardo (30 October 2017). "Santiago Gallucci, el cerebro que mueve los hilos de Unión Española" [Santiago Gallucci, the brain that pulls the strings at Unión Española]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. Retrieved 15 February 2018 – via Economía y Negocios online.
- ^ "El sub 21 perdió por penales y se quedó afuera" [The under-21s lost on penalties and went out]. El Argentino (in Spanish). Gualeguaychú. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "Un triunfo agónico le dio a Argentina el tercer puesto del torneo Esperanzas de Toulón" [An agonising win gave Argentina third place on the Toulon Tournament]. La Capital (in Spanish). Rosario. 12 June 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "Argentina, en el sub 20" [Argentina, in the under-20s]. El Ciudadano (in Spanish). Rosario. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "A preparase, chicos" [Get ready, boys]. Olé (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. 11 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
External links
[edit]- Santiago Gallucci at BDFA (in Spanish)
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Footballers from Buenos Aires
- Men's association football midfielders
- Argentina men's under-20 international footballers
- Argentina men's youth international footballers
- Club Atlético River Plate footballers
- Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba footballers
- Club Atlético Douglas Haig players
- Unión Española footballers
- Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero footballers
- San Martín de Tucumán footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Primera Nacional players
- Chilean Primera División players
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile
- Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen