| Leandro Vella | |
| Birth Date: | 9 November 1996 |
| Birth Place: | San Martín, Argentina |
| Position: | Winger[1] |
| Currentclub: | Alvarado |
| Youthclubs1: | Escuela Pablo Kratina |
| Youthyears2: | 2008–2011 |
| Youthclubs2: | Huracán de Córdoba |
| Youthyears3: | 2011–2016 |
| Youthclubs3: | Instituto |
| Years1: | 2016–2019 |
| Clubs1: | Instituto |
| Caps1: | 42 |
| Goals1: | 7 |
| Years2: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs2: | → Central Córdoba SdE (loan) |
| Caps2: | 27 |
| Goals2: | 8 |
| Years3: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs3: | Godoy Cruz |
| Caps3: | 14 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2020 |
| Caps4: | 7 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2021 |
| Clubs5: | San Martín Tucumán |
| Caps5: | 33 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2022– |
| Clubs6: | Alvarado |
| Caps6: | 14 |
| Goals6: | 2 |
| Club-Update: | 18:52, 14 June 2022 (UTC) |
Leandro Vella (born 9 November 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Alvarado.[2]
Vella started his career with Escuela Pablo Kratina, which preceded a move to Huracán de Córdoba in 2008.[3] In 2011, Instituto signed Vella.[3] 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.[2] [4] Further goals arrived versus Independiente Rivadavia, All Boys, Nueva Chicago and Almagro.[2] 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.[2]
In August 2017, Vella joined Torneo Federal A side Central Córdoba on loan.[2] [5] Eleven goals, including a Copa Argentina hat-trick over San Lorenzo, followed as they won promotion to tier two.[2] [6] Primera División team Godoy Cruz announced the signing of Vella on 11 June 2019, ahead of the 2019–20 season.[7] He scored one goal, versus Colón on 21 October, in fifteen total matches for them.[2] On 16 July 2020, Vella sealed a return to Central Córdoba on a free transfer; with the club now in the Primera División.[8]
After a spell at San Martín de Tucumán in 2021, Vella joined Primera Nacional side Alvarado ahead of the 2022 season.[9]
At a young age, Vella was called up by the Argentina U15s.[3]
In December 2018, Vella was involved in a serious one-person, single-vehicle crash.[10] [11] Despite the car ending on its roof without wheels, Vella escaped unharmed.[10] [11]
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| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||
| Godoy Cruz | 2019–20 | Primera División | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |||
| Central Córdoba | 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 83 | 16 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 87 | 19 | |||||