In Venice one heard the position with Spanish team (9)
I believe the answer is:
barcarole
'in venice one heard' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'position with spanish team' is the wordplay.
'position' becomes 'role' (I've seen this in another clue).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'spanish team' becomes 'barca' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'role' put after 'barca' is 'BARCAROLE'.
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for barcarole that I've seen before include "Venetian boat song" , "musical composition" , "Gondolier's song" , "Italian song" , "music of Venice" .)