Juliano Belletti
Belletti warming up for Chelsea in 2008
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juliano Haus Belletti | ||
| Date of birth | 20 June 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Cascavel, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–1994 | Cruzeiro | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1996 | Cruzeiro | 22 | (0) |
| 1996–2002 | São Paulo | 54 | (4) |
| 1999 | → Atlético Mineiro (loan) | 17 | (5) |
| 2002–2004 | Villarreal | 59 | (6) |
| 2004–2007 | Barcelona | 71 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Chelsea | 54 | (5) |
| 2010–2011 | Fluminense | 9 | (0) |
| Total | 286 | (20) | |
| National team | |||
| 2001–2005 | Brazil | 23 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Juliano Haus Belletti (born 20 June 1976) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who mostly played as a right back. He was awarded the Silver Ball by Placar for his performances for Atlético Mineiro during the 1999 Brasileiro Série A.
Born in Cascavel, Belletti started his career playing as a central midfielder in Brazil for the youth team of Cruzeiro in 1992. His professional debut happened in November 1994. In March 1996, he was involved in a deal that sent him and Serginho to São Paulo FC in exchange for five players: Aílton, Donizete, Gilmar, Palhinha and Vítor. Playing for São Paulo, he eventually became a right-back.
Belletti, is of Italian ancestry and his family has its origins in Longiano in the Province of Forlì-Cesena, and he holds an Italian passport. He also has origins in Bastiglia in the Province of Modena and Mantua.
In 1999, he was loaned to Atlético Mineiro. Playing as an attacking-midfielder, Belletti helped the club to finish second in the Brazilian League and managed to win the Bola de Prata ("Silver Ball"), an award handed by Placar magazine to the players nominated to the Brazilian League Squad of the Year.
After returning to São Paulo, he became a regular in the Brazilian national team by playing in the right-back position once again. Rumours linked him with a move to La Liga side Valencia in 2001, but the move fell apart at the last minute. In 2002, he finally moved to Europe with Villarreal. In 2004, after a successful spell at Villarreal, he signed for Barcelona where he became the first-choice right back and a key set-piece taker in the squad.
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