Carmelo "Cholo" Simeone, (22 September 1934 – 11 October 2014) was an
Argentine football defender who won three league championships with
Boca Juniors and played for the
Argentina national team. Nicknamed "Cholo", he was known for his energetic playing style.
Club career
Simeone started his playing career in 1955 with
Vélez Sársfield. In 1961 he joined
Boca Juniors where he was an important defensive player in the teams that won the
Argentine Primera
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in 1962, 1964 and 1965. Simeone left Boca In 1967 and spent some time playing for
Sportivo Belgrano
Sportivo Belgrano is an Argentine football club, which home town is located in San Francisco, Córdoba. The team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system.
History
On 15 April 191 ...
in the lower leagues of Argentine football.
International career
Simeone represented Argentina in their victorious
Copa América campaign in
1959
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, and at the
1966 FIFA World Cup;
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/ref> in total he made 22 appearances for the national side between 1959 and 1966.
Honours
Club
; Boca Juniors
*Primera División Argentina
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: 1962, 1964, 1965
* Copa Libertadores runner-up: 1963
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Argentina
* Copa América: 1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
*Taça das Nações
The Taça das Nações (Portuguese for "Nations' Cup") or "Little World Cup" was a football tournament played in Brazil in 1964 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Brazilian Football Confederation. Three international teams ...
: 1964
References
External links
Boca Juniors profile
1934 births
2014 deaths
Footballers from Buenos Aires Province
Argentine people of Italian descent
Argentine men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Argentine Primera División players
Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers
Boca Juniors footballers
Argentina men's international footballers
1966 FIFA World Cup players
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