José Ernesto Galván (born 26 March 1981) is an Argentine former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

San Miguel de Tucumán San Miguel de Tucumán (), usually called simply Tucumán, is the capital and largest city of Tucumán Province, located in northern Argentina from Buenos Aires. It is the fifth-largest city of Argentina after Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Argentin ...

, Galván joined the

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ...

youth ranks at age 13, making eighteen appearances with five goals for the reserve team. Abroad, Galván played in Mexico, the United States, Hungary, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Chile. As a member of the Boca Juniors first team since 1999 under

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, Galván spent a season on loan with Mexican club

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, then the B team of

Necaxa Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa S.A. de C.V. (); often simply known as Club Necaxa, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Aguascalientes (city), Aguascalientes. It competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican ...

, and the 2003 season with

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club MetroStars. He also made two appearances for Necaxa in the

2001 Copa Merconorte The Copa Merconorte 2001 was the fourth and final edition of association football tournament Copa Merconorte held in 2001. Millonarios of Colombia defeated Emelec of Ecuador in the final. It was the first edition to include teams invited from ...

. In February 2003, he failed to sign with Swedish club

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. After ending his contract with Boca Juniors, he had a stint with

Chacarita Juniors Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine association football, football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido of Gre ...

in 2004. In the same year, he moved to Europe and joined Hungarian club

MTK Budapest Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre (Hungarian for "Hungarian Circle of Physical Practitioners") is a multi-sports club from Budapest, founded in 1888. It has sections for football, handball, basketball, volleyball, futsal, ice hockey, water polo, cycl ...

. Back in South America, he played for Manta FC in Ecuador, 9 de Julio and Sportivo Patria in his homeland,

Universitario de Sucre Club Deportivo Universitario San Francisco Xavier is a professional association football, football team based in Sucre, Bolivia, that competes in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano, Bolivian Primera División. The club has two titles in ...

in Bolivia, Atlético Minero in Peru and both Cobresal and

Coquimbo Unido Coquimbo Unido is a Chilean football club based in the city of Coquimbo. The club was founded in 1958 and has played in the Chilean Primera División since being promoted in 2022. Their home games are played at the Estadio Municipal Francisco Sán ...

in Chile. He ended his career with the last one in 2014.

International career

As a youth player of Boca Juniors, Galván represented the Argentina under-17 national team.

Personal life

He is nicknamed ''Tucu'', a short form of '' Tucumano'', due to his city of birth.

References

External links

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Player profile at MetroFanatic.com
1981 births Living people Footballers from San Miguel de Tucumán Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentina men's youth international footballers Boca Juniors footballers Liga Premier de México players Club Necaxa footballers Real Cuautitlán footballers Major League Soccer players New York Red Bulls players Primera Nacional players Chacarita Juniors footballers Nemzeti Bajnokság I players MTK Budapest FC players Ecuadorian Serie B players Manta F.C. footballers Torneo Argentino B players Sportivo Patria footballers Bolivian Primera División players Universitario de Sucre footballers Peruvian Primera División players Atlético Minero footballers Chilean Primera División players C.D. Cobresal footballers Primera B de Chile players Coquimbo Unido footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United States Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Peru Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia Expatriate men's footballers in Peru Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub