Carlos Galván

Football player infobox
playername = Carlos Galván


fullname = Carlos Alberto Galván
height = height|m=1.84
nickname = Negro
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1973|10|28
cityofbirth = Pontevedra
countryofbirth = Argentina
currentclub = Universitario de Deportes
clubnumber = 4
position = Centre-back, Sweeper
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1992-1998
1998-2000
2000-2002
2002-2003
2004
2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-present
clubs = Racing Club
Atlético Minero
Santos
Lanús
Ciudad de Murcia
Paysandu
Argentinos Juniors
Olimpia
Banfield
Universitario de Deportes
caps(goals) =115 (2)
-
-
63 (2)
4 (0)
36 (1)
-
33 (1)
32 (2)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = July 2007

Carlos Alberto Galván (born October 28, 1973 in Pontevedra, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football defender of Paraguayan background, currently playing for Universitario de Deportes.

Club career

Galván started his career at Racing Club de Avellaneda in 1992, before moving to Brazil in 1998 to play for Clube Atlético Mineiro.

In Brazil he was seen as a skilled defender. His technique was at its best when playing as a sweeper. He scored some key goals. He has a powerful header and sense for positioning.

Among other titles, he won the Minas Gerais state with Atlético Minero. He was also in the Atlético Minero side that were runner-ups in the Brazilian Championship in 1999 and with Santos in 2000 when they won the São Paulo State Championship. He played for two years at each team in Brazil. In 1998, with Atlético, he has involved in a fight at Vitória's stadium, where he was one of four players from each side sent off. He also scored an own goal at Vila Belmiro, in a 2-0 defeat against Santos' biggest rivals, Corinthians. He also played for Paysandu, in 2004.

Galván returned to Argentina in 2002 to play for Club Atlético Lanús and in 2004 he had a brief spell with Ciudad de Murcia in Spain.He has also played for Club Olimpia in Paraguay and Argentinos Juniors in Argentina.

External links

*es icon [http://www.futbolxxi.com/Futbolista.aspx?ID=4547&SEOFutbolista=Galvan+Carlos+Alberto+(Negro) Argentine Primera statistics]