Christian Cellay

Christian Ariel Cellay (born September 5, 1981) is an Argentine former football player, who played as a defender. He is currently president of UE Engordany

Christian Cellay

Cellay with Estudiantes in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Christian Ariel Cellay[1]
Date of birth	(1981-09-05) September 5, 1981 (age 43)[1]
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre back, Full back
Team information
Current team	UE Sant Julià
Number	3
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2008	Huracán	147	(9)
2008–2010	Estudiantes	51	(4)
2010–2013	Boca Juniors	31	(2)
2011–2012	→ Estudiantes (loan)	24	(2)
2014–2015	Rangers	7	(0)
2015–2016	Mushuc Runa	34	(4)
2016–2017	Gimnasia de Jujuy	4	(1)
2017	UE Sant Julià	6	(0)
2017–2019	UE Engordany	39	(5)
2019–2021	UE Sant Julià	23	(1)
2021-2023	UE Engordany	10	(3)
International career
2011	Argentina	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02 February 2016

Career

Cellay started his professional career with Huracán where he made 147 league appearances. He transferred to Estudiantes de La Plata in 2008.^[2] In 2009, he won the 2009 Copa Libertadores championship with Estudiantes.

In June 2010, Cellay was bought by Boca Juniors for US$2 million fee, plus the loan of Facundo Roncaglia.^[3]

On 29 January 2014, was reported that Cellay joined Primera División club Rangers of Chile.^[4] However, he failed to continue at Maule Region team after their relegation to second-tier and was linked with a move to Paraguayan sides of Olimpia and Sol de América.^[5]

After playing in Ecuador for a season in the Mushuc Runa club Cellay moved to the second tier of the Argentinean football system as player of Gimnasia de Jujuy. Christian Cellay signed in 2017 by UE Sant Julià of Andorra in the European football.^[6]

International appearances and goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Final score	Goal	Result	Competition
1.	September 14, 2011	Córdoba, Argentina	Brazil	0–0	0	Draw	2011 Roca Cup.[7][8]
2.	September 28, 2011	Belém, Brazil	Brazil	2–0	0	Lost	2011 Roca Cup.[7][8]

Honours

Club

Huracán

• Primera B Nacional (1): 1999–00

Estudiantes de La Plata

• Copa Libertadores (1): 2009

Boca Juniors

• Torneo Apertura (1): 2011
• Copa Argentina (1): 2012

References

1. "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 9 December 2009. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2012.
2. Futbol 91 article Archived October 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
3. "Oficial: Boca compró al mejor defensor de Estudiantes". Télam: Deportes (in Spanish). 2010-06-24. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
4. "Christian Cellay jugará en Rangers de Talca" (in Spanish). 29 January 2014. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
5. "Christian Cellay, en la mira de Olimpia y Sol de América" (in Spanish). 24 July 2014.
6. "Un campió de la Copa Libertadores, al Tic Tapa".
7. "Brasil y Argentina se enfrentarán en septiembre". FIFA. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
8. "Acreditaciones de prensa para Argentina-Brasil". AFA. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2011.

External links

• Argentine Primera statistics^[usurped] (in Spanish) ^{[dead link]}
• Christian Cellay at ESPN FC
• "Christian Cellay at Boca Juniors' official website" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2010-09-19. Retrieved 2010-09-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
• Christian Cellay Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine at Historia de Boca.com (in Spanish)
• Christian Cellay at La Preferente