Vince Grella

Vincenzo "Vince" Grella (born 5 October 1979) is an Australian football player, who plays as a midfielder for Blackburn Rovers in the English Premier League. He began his career in Australia's National Soccer League, followed by ten years playing for various clubs in Italy, before joining Blackburn Rovers.

He also plays for the Australian national team, and was selected to compete for his country in two editions of the FIFA World Cup, in 2006 and 2010.

Club career

Italy

He had a ten-year stint in Italy's professional leagues after beginning his career in the NSL. He has been a regular for Australia since 2003, playing in his customary defensive midfield position, and was involved in both the 2006 World Cup and the 2007 Asian Cup.Grella's friendship with Australian teammate Mark Bresciano is well known. Grella has described Bresciano as "even more than a brother"; they played together at the AIS, Carlton and Empoli, and were reunited in 2004 when Grella joined Parma, before Bresciano moved on to Palermo in 2006., The Age, November 18, 2005 Aged 19, Grella made his debut in Serie A with Empoli, in a match against Juventus at the Stadio delle Alpi, where his first job was to mark Zinedine Zidane.Brown, C. , The Independent, 12 Jun 2006The Four Diegos... World Football , The Four Diegos, accessed 29 October 2008 Grella built up...
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