Christian Ariel Cellay (born September 5, 1981) is an

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former

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player, who played as a defender. He is currently president of

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Career

Cellay started his professional career with

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where he made 147 league appearances. He transferred to

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in 2008. In 2009, he won the

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championship with Estudiantes. In June 2010, Cellay was bought by

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for

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2 million fee, plus the loan of

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. On 29 January 2014, was reported that Cellay joined Primera División club

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of Chile. However, he failed to continue at

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team after their relegation to second-tier and was linked with a move to Paraguayan sides of Olimpia and Sol de América. After playing in

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for a season in the Mushuc Runa club Cellay moved to the second tier of the

an football system as player of

Gimnasia de Jujuy Club Atlético Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy , (usually known as Gimnasia de Jujuy or just GEJ) is an Argentine sports club based in San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy Province. The club was founded in 1931 and is best known for its football team, whic ...

. Christian Cellay signed in 2017 by

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in the

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an football.

International appearances and goals

Honours

Club

;Huracán *

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, (English "National B Division"), and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 38 team ...

(1): 1999–00 ;Estudiantes de La Plata *

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(1):

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

;Boca Juniors * Torneo Apertura (1):

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

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(1):

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References

External links

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Christian Cellay
at Historia de Boca.com

at La Preferente {{DEFAULTSORT:Cellay, Christian 1981 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Men's association football defenders Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentina men's international footballers Estudiantes de La Plata footballers Copa Libertadores–winning players Club Atlético Huracán footballers Boca Juniors footballers Rangers de Talca footballers Mushuc Runa S.C. footballers Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy footballers UE Engordany players UE Sant Julià players Chilean Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Primera Divisió players Ecuadorian Serie A players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Andorra Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador Expatriate men's footballers in Andorra 21st-century Argentine sportsmen