He would begin his career within the Academia José Soriano until he was transferred to the youth sector of Centro Iqueño which was under the management of Roberto Scarone in 1957 and later by Miguel Ortega in 1958.

He then played for Mariscal Sucre in 1959 where the club would be promoted for the 1960 Peruvian Primera División where he would make his debut at the age of 17 under manager Juan Bulnes [es].

[1] Following Peru's qualification for the 1960 Summer Olympics, Burella was part of the 30-man preliminary roster for the tournament.

He would later be called up to play for Peru in 1972 in two friendlies in a 3–2 victory against Mexico on 9 August and a 0–2 loss against Argentina on 25 October as part of a project by manager Roberto Scarone in determining players that were worthy to participate in the upcoming 1974 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

[1][4] Burella had a brief tenure as an instructor for youth goalkeepers beginning in 1982 with Deportivo Municipal, before teaching with the senior and U23 teams of Peru in 1983 and 1985 respectively, Sport Boys in 1987, the pre-olympic team for the 1987 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament, Lawn Tennis in 1989 and San Agustín in 1990.