Roberto Canella

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Roberto Canella
Personal information
Full name	Roberto Canella Suárez
Date of birth	(1988-02-07) 7 February 1988
Place of birth	Laviana, Spain
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Sporting Gijón
Number	15
Youth career
1995–1999	ACD Alcava
1999–2005	Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2005–2006	Sporting B	16	(0)
2006–	Sporting Gijón	209	(6)
National team
2006–2007	Spain U19	5	(0)
2007	Spain U20	3	(0)
2008–2010	Spain U21	11	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 February 2014. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Canella and the second or maternal family name is Suárez.

Roberto Canella Suárez (born 7 February 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Sporting de Gijón as a left defender.

Club career

Canella was born in Laviana, Asturias. A product of Sporting de Gijón's cantera system he first appeared with the main side during the 2006–07 season, and established himself as first-choice in the following campaign as it returned to La Liga after a ten-year hiatus.

Canella scored his first top flight goal on 5 October 2008 in a 2–0 away win against RCD Mallorca,^[1] being first-choice throughout the campaign. According to COPE Radio, Real Madrid was likely to acquire his services for 2009–10.^[2] Eventually nothing came of it, and the player again occupied the left-back position for the vast majority of the season, with Sporting again maintaining its top division status.

In the following years Canella continued battling for position with another club youth graduate, José Ángel, with both players appearing in roughly the same number of matches. In the 2011–12 season, following Ángel's departure to A.S. Roma, he became the undisputed starter for the Manolo Preciado-led side.

International career

Internationally, Canella helped Spain win the 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, played at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup still being under-19 and then moved to the U21s.

Honours

Spain U19

UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2006

Individual

Fútbol Draft Awards:
- 3rd Best Spanish U-21 left-back, 2006–07^[3]
- 2nd Best Spanish U-21 left-back, 2007–08^[4]
- Best Spanish U-21 left-back, 2008–09^[5]

References

↑ Mallorca 0–2 Sporting Gijon; ESPN Soccernet, 5 October 2008
↑ De Roberto Canella y el Real Madrid (Of Roberto Canella and Real Madrid); Real Madrid Web, 13 January 2009 (Spanish)
↑ Fútbol Draft Awards '07
↑ Fútbol Draft Awards '08
↑ Fútbol Draft Awards '09

External links

Sporting Gijón official profile (Spanish)
BDFutbol profile
Roberto Canella – FIFA competition record
Transfermarkt profile

v t e Sporting de Gijón – current squad

1 Cuéllar 2 L. Hernández 4 Mandi 5 Bernardo 6 Álvarez 7 Casquero 8 Barrera 9 Guerrero 10 Cases 11 Lora 12 Šćepović 14 I. Hernández 15 Canella (c) 16 Lekić 17 Jara 18 López 19 Carmona 20 López Garai 21 Fraile 22 Mendy 23 Bustos 24 Serrano 25 Alberto Manager: Sandoval

Persondata
Name	Canella, Roberto
Alternative names
Short description	Spanish footballer
Date of birth	7 February 1988
Place of birth	Laviana, Spain
Date of death
Place of death

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