Luis Adolfo Galván (born 24 February 1948 in Fernández, 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[link]

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

The indisputable 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^[1]

Club career[link]

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[link]

External links[link]

• Luis Galván at National-Football-Teams.com
• Luis Galván – FIFA competition record
• (Spanish) Futbol Factory profile (Archived)

v t e Argentina squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup Winners (1st Title) 1 Alonso 2 Ardiles 3 Baley 4 Bertoni 5 Fillol 6 Gallego 7 L. Galván 8 R. Galván 9 Houseman 10 Kempes 11 Killer 12 Larrosa 13 La Volpe 14 Luque 15 Olguín 16 Ortiz 17 Oviedo 18 Pagnanini 19 Passarella (c) 20 Tarantini 21 Valencia 22 Villa Coach: Menotti

v t e Argentina squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup 1 Ardiles 2 Baley 3 Barbas 4 Bertoni 5 Calderón 6 Díaz 7 Fillol 8 Galván 9 Gallego 10 Maradona 11 Kempes 12 Hernández 13 Olarticoechea 14 Olguín 15 Passarella (c) 16 Pumpido 17 Santamaría 18 Tarantini 19 Trossero 20 Valdano 21 Valencia 22 Van Tuyne Coach: Menotti

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Galván
Galván
Coordinates: 18°30′0″N 71°19′48″W / 18.5°N 71.33°W / 18.5; -71.33Coordinates: 18°30′0″N 71°19′48″W / 18.5°N 71.33°W / 18.5; -71.33
Country	Dominican Republic
Province	Baoruco
Population (2008)
• Total	6,027

Galván is a town in the Baoruco province of the Dominican Republic.

Sources[link]

• World Gazeteer: Dominican Republic – World-Gazetteer.com

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