The Spanish defender had just come off the back of a superb personal season at Ibrox and should stiffen the injury hit defence of Martin O'Neill's side.
Cuellar began his career at Spanish Tercera División side Calahorra before moving on to Segunda side Numancia. He spent two seasons in Numancia, before making the move to La Liga side Osasuna.
An important part of Javier Aguirre's side, he reached the final of the Copa del Rey in his first season and then a few seasons later reached the UEFA Cup semi-final in 2007.
In June 2007, Rangers made their interest clear and bought the defender for a fee of £2.3million. Signing a four-year contract, Cuellar did a great job in his first season at the club and collected the Clydesdale Bank SPL Player of the Year award.
He also picked up the Scottish Football Writers Associations Player of the Year award and claimed he wanted to stay at the club for life.
However, in August 2008, Aston Villa triggered a release clause in his contract and the Spaniard moved to the Premier League, although Rangers manager Walter Smith expressed his disappointment at his decision to leave.
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