Sebastiano Nela is an Italian ex-footballer who played as a full back.

Career

A surly player who was capable of playing at both left and right back, Nela began his career with Genoa

Genoa C.F.C.

Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria...

. He was bought by Serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

 side Roma

A.S. Roma

Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...

, making his debut in a 0-0 draw with Avellino

U.S. Avellino

Associazione Sportiva Avellino 1912 , since summer 2010, is the new name of the Italian football club, based in Avellino, Campania. The club was founded in 1912 and its traditional colours are green and white...

 on 13 September 1981. He made 28 appearances for the Roma team that won the Scudetto

Italian football champions

The Italian football champions are the annual winners of Serie A, Italy's premier annual football league competition. The title has been contested since 1898 in varying forms of competition. While Milan are the current champions, Juventus have won a record 27 championship titles...

 in 1983. Nela's performances for Roma earned him a call-up to the Italian national team

Italy national football team

The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...

, making his debut against West Germany on 22 May 1984.

Nela made a total of five appearances for the Italian national team. Nela was a member of the Italian squad for the 1986 FIFA World Cup

1986 FIFA World Cup

The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so and officially...

, although he did not play; Italy went out in the round of 16. He also made three appearances at the 1984 Olympics

Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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 in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, helping Italy to fourth place.

Nela was injured in an accident in 1987 and was forced to miss almost a year of football. The singer Antonello Venditti

Antonello Venditti

Antonello Venditti is an Italian singer-songwriter who became famous in the 1970s for the social themes of his songs.-Biography:...

 dedicated his song "Correndo correndo", which appears on his 1988 album In questo mondo di ladri

In questo mondo di ladri

In questo mondo di ladri is a music album by Antonello Venditti. It contains these songs:#Ricordati di me - 5.19 #Miraggi - 5.26 #Correndo correndo - 4.10...

, to Nela.

Nela left Roma in 1992 to join Napoli

S.S.C. Napoli

Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli, is a professional Italian football club based in Naples and founded in 1926. The club has spent most of its history in Serie A, where it currently plays its 2011–12 season....

 having won the Scudetto and three Italian cups

Coppa Italia

The Coppa Italia is an Italian football annual cup competition. Its first edition was held in 1922, but the second champions were not crowned until 1936. Roma and Juventus lead the way with nine wins. Roma has contested more finals, 16, while Torino and Juventus follow with 13...

. He retired after the 1993-94

Serie A 1993-94

The 1993–94 Serie A was won by A.C. Milan, being the 14th title for the rossoneri.-Final classification:-Results:-Top scorers:23 goals* Giuseppe Signori 18 goals* Gianfranco Zola 17 goals* Roberto Baggio...

 season having made a total of 315 appearances in Serie A.

Following his retirement, Nela has worked as a commentator for various national and satellite channels; he currently works for Mediaset Premium

Mediaset Premium

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