Gustavo Di Lella

Gustavo Di Lella
Personal information
Full name Gustavo Martin Di Lella[1]
Date of birth (1973-10-06) 6 October 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
All Boys
Granada
1997 Blyth Spartans
1997–1998 Darlington 5 (0)
1998–2000 Hartlepool United 31 (4)
2000–2001 Durham City
2001–2002 Scarborough 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gustavo Martin Di Lella (born 6 October 1973) is an Argentinian former footballer and football manager who played in The Football League for Darlington, Hartlepool United and Scarborough. Before playing in England, Di Lella played in Argentina's second division for All Boys and in Spain for Granada in the Segunda División B.[2] In 2005 he joined Northern Irish side Larne ahead of the 2005–06 Irish Premier League.[3] He set up two goals and scored a further one in a 5–1 win against Kilmore Rec in the 2005–06 County Antrim Shield.[4]

As a manager, he took charge of non-league side Horden Colliery Welfare in 2007,[5] although he was sacked in November of that year.[6]

References

  1. ^ "GUSTAVO MARTIN DI LELLA | Volante | Argentina". www.bdfa.com.ar. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Football: The Sweeper: Gullit homes in on Netherlands". The Independent. 4 September 1998. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Football: Guerrilla tactics". Belfast Telegraph. 17 July 2005. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Bangor make the Glens fight hard". BBC. 25 October 2005. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Horden suffer for fixture pile-up". The Guardian. 30 September 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  6. ^ "A Dutchman in the north-east". When Saturday Comes. February 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2024.