Luis Galván

Football player infobox
playername = Luis Galván


fullname = Luis Adolfo Galván
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nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1948|2|24
cityofbirth = Fernandez
countryofbirth = Argentina
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1970-1982
1982-1983
1983-1984
1984-1985
1986
1986-1987
clubs = Talleres de Córdoba
Loma Negra
Belgrano de Córdoba
Central Norte
Club Bolívar
Talleres de Córdoba
caps(goals) = ? (?)
14 (0)
10 (0)
10 (0)
? (?)
? (?)
nationalyears = 1975-1982
nationalteam = Argentina
nationalcaps(goals) = 34 (0)
pcupdate = July 2007

Luis Adolfo Galván (born February 24 1948 in Fernandez, Santiago del Estero) is a retired Argentine footballer, who played in the centre back position.He is perhaps most famous for having been part of the 1978 World Cup winning team.

International career

Galván played his first game of his 8 year international career for Argentina in 1975.

The undisputable highlight of his footballing career came in 1978 when he was selected to represent Argentina at the Argentina 78 tournament. He was lucky enough to play in the World Cup final in the Monumental, where Argentina beat Holland 3-1 after extra time, to win their first World Cup.

Galván was selected to play for Argentina at Spain 82, but the "albicelestes" had a disappointing campeign, eliminated in the 2nd group phase. He retired from international football one year later, in 1983 at the age of 35. Galván made a total of 34 appearances for Argentina [ [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/arg-recintlp.html rsssf: Argentina record international players] ]

Club career

Galván started his career in 1970 at Talleres de Córdoba, the club where he spent the majority of his career. He never won a major trophy with the club but did help Talleres achieve second (1977) and fourth place (1976, 1978) in the Nacional Championship, and third place (1980) in the Metropolitano Championship. The Metropolitano and Nacional championships were Argentine football tournaments that existed between 1967 and 1984. The Metropolitano formed one half of the Argentine 1st division taking place in the first half of the year, while the Nacional took place in the 2nd half of the year. Galván left the Talleres in 1982 after giving a 12 year service to the club, and went on to play for a string of provincial teams including Talleres' main rivals Belgrano de Córdoba.

In 1986 Galván moved to Bolivia to play for Bolívar in La Paz, but his stay there didn't last long, and he returned to play for Talleres in 1987. He left professional football to play for Sportivo Fernandez in his home province of Santiago del Estero in 1988, and finally for Talleres de Jesus Maria in 1989, where he retired from football at the age of 41.

References

External links

* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=19353 Career details] at National FootballTeams