Giancarlo Cella (born 5 September 1940 in Bobbio) is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender. He made more than 300 appearances in the Italian professional leagues, which included 172 appearances in

Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...

, and then became a coach. He represented Italy at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

. Cella's older brother Albino Cella also played football professionally. To distinguish them, Albino was known as Cella I and Giancarlo as Cella II. Giancarlo Cella is a great supporter of Bobbiese.

Honours

Club

Inter *

champion: 1970–71

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cella, Giancarlo 1940 births Living people Italian men's footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Olympic footballers for Italy Men's association football defenders Piacenza Calcio 1919 players Torino FC players Novara FC players Catania FC players Atalanta BC players Inter Milan players Serie A players Serie B players Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Italian football managers Piacenza Calcio 1919 managers SPAL managers AC Carpi managers Inter Milan non-playing staff Footballers from the Province of Piacenza People from Bobbio 20th-century Italian sportsmen