Juan Vicente Lezcano López (5 April 1937 – 6 February 2012);
was a Paraguayan
football defender.
Career
Lezcano was born in the neighbourhood of
Santísima Trinidad in
Asunción
Asunción (, , , Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay.
The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay o ...
,
Paraguay
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, and started his career at
Olimpia of Asunción in 1954. He was part of the historical Olimpia team coached by
Aurelio González that won five
Paraguayan league championships in a row, from 1956 to 1960 and reached the final of the first edition of the
Copa Libertadores in 1960, where Olimpia lost against
Peñarol
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of
Uruguay
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. Soon after in 1961, Peñarol signed him and became one of the key players of the Uruguayan club along with other stars such as
Alberto Spencer
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,
Pedro Rocha and
Ladislao Mazurkiewicz that helped Peñarol win several national and international championships. In 1968, he played for
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* Colón, Entre Ríos
* Colón Department, Córdoba
* Colón Department, Entre Ríos
* Colón, Buenos Aires
;Colombia
* Colón, Nariño
* Colón, Putumayo
* Colón Department (Colombia)
;Costa Rica
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of
Argentina
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.
Lezcano made 26 appearances for the
Paraguay national football team
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, and was part of the squad that qualified for the
1958 World Cup
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Brazil be ...
tournament.
Lezcano's father,
Juan Félix Lezcano, was also a Paraguayan international footballer.
References
External links
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1937 births
2012 deaths
Footballers from Asunción
Paraguayan footballers
Paraguayan expatriate footballers
Paraguay men's international footballers
1958 FIFA World Cup players
Club Olimpia footballers
Peñarol players
Club Atlético Colón footballers
Expatriate footballers in Argentina
Expatriate footballers in Uruguay
Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay
Men's association football defenders
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