Adrián Daniel Calello (, ; born May 14, 1987) is an Argentine football player, who plays as a

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for

Quilmes Atlético Club Quilmes Atlético Club () is an Argentine sports club based in the Quilmes district of Greater Buenos Aires. Established in 1887 (although the date of foundation is still under dispute), Quilmes is the oldest club of Argentina still competing i ...

. He started his professional career at Independiente, debuting for the first team on February 24, 2007. In the winter transfer window of the 2008–09 season he joined reigning Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb. With the Croatian club, Calello has won two domestic league titles, one

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and one

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Club career

Independiente

Calello debuted for the senior squad of Independiente on February 24, 2007 in club's home defeat against

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...

3–1. He entered the match as a 16th-minute substitute for

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. During the 2006–07 season, Calello made 14 appearances in the closing tournament of Primera División. The following season, he made a total of 15 appearances in the opening and 9 appearances in the closing tournament. The 2008–09 season saw Calello make 13 appearances in the opening tournament before he was transferred to Croatian reigning champions

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinam ...

. Calello made a total of 51 league appearances for Independiente, also featuring in one

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match for the club.

Dinamo Zagreb

On December 15, 2008, Callelo was transferred to Dinamo Zagreb for a reported fee of €2.2 million. He signed a -year contract for his new club. His first official match for Dinamo Zagreb was a 2008–09 Prva HNL tie against the club's biggest rivals

Hajduk Split Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979 ...

on February 24, 2009. Dinamo Zagreb lost the match 2–0 and Calello was responsible for Hajduk Split scoring their first goal from a penalty-kick. He made 12 league appearances and 3 cup appearances in his debut season with the club. The 2009–10 season saw calello feature in 20 out of 30 league matches for Dinamo Zagreb. He also made 3 appearances in

and 4 appearances in European competitions. He scored the first goal of his professional career in a 2010-11 Prva HNL match against

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, which ended up being the winning goal as Dinamo won the match 1–0.

Siena

On January 31, 2013, the board of

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confirmed signing of Calello on a free transfer.

Personal life

Like many Argentine footballers who share an

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ancestry, Calello also holds an Italian passport, thanks to his descent from

Spilinga Spilinga is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about west of Vibo Valentia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,665 and an area of .A ...

( VV), in Calabria, where his father is from. Calello is also a high level ''Age of Empires 2'' player who plays under the alias "Carbo" for the clan ''Dark Side''.

Career statistics

*Note: the

appearances for Dinamo Zagreb can be viewed at the official website of the clu
nk-dinamo.hr
under the section ''The Match''. ¹ The

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does not organise a cup competition for the Argentine clubs.
² Including the 2010 Croatian Supercup match against Hajduk Split.

Honours

Croatian First League The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, it was called Prva ...

(3): 2008–09, 2009–10,

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(2): 2008–09,

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(1): 2010

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Calello, Adrian 1987 births Living people Footballers from Quilmes Argentine footballers Argentine expatriate footballers Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Men's association football midfielders Club Atlético Independiente footballers GNK Dinamo Zagreb players A.C.R. Siena 1904 players A.C. ChievoVerona players Catania S.S.D. players Quilmes Atlético Club footballers Club Atlético Huracán footballers Croatian Football League players Argentine Primera División players Serie A players Serie B players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Croatia Expatriate footballers in Italy