Luis Adolfo Galván (born 24 February 1948 in

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, Santiago del Estero) is a retired Argentine

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, who played in the

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position. He is perhaps most famous for having been part of the

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winning team.

International career

Galván played his first game of his 8-year international career for

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in 1975. He played for Argentina at the

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. The indisputable highlight of his footballing career came in 1978 when he was selected to represent Argentina at the Argentina 78 tournament. He played all games in the tournament alongside captain

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which included the World Cup Final in the Monumental, where Argentina beat

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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 campaign, 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.

Club career

Galván started his career in 1970 at

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, 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

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. 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.

Honours

Club

Talleres de Córdoba * Copa Hermandad: 1977 * Liga Cordobesa de Fútbol: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 Loma Negra * Liga de Fútbol de Olavarría: 1982

International

Argentina *

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: 1978

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