José Eduardo Nehin (born in

San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John (disambiguation), Saint John, most commonly refers to: * San Juan, Puerto Rico * San Juan, Argentina * San Juan, Metro Manila, a highly urbanized city in the Philippines San Juan may also refer to: Places Arge ...

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

, October 13, 1905, death on December 16, 1957) was an Argentine

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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for

in the

1934 FIFA World Cup The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the 2nd edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, senior men's national teams. It took place in Kin ...

.1934 FIFA World Cup Italy
He also played for

Sportivo Desamparados Club Sportivo Desamparados is a sports club from the city of San Juan, and also called Consultants Moravia San Juan Province, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Torneo Argentino B, which is one of the fourth tier competitions, ...

. Nehin's father was one of the founders of Sportivo Desamparados, and he would begin his amateur football career with the club. Nehin helped the club win its first title, the

Liga Sanjuanina de fútbol Liga Sanjuanina de futbol is a football (soccer), football league based in and around San Juan, Argentina, San Juan city in Argentina. The most successful teams have traditionally been San Martin, Juventud Alianza and Desamparados, although none o ...

in 1928. His performances for Desamparados led to Nehin's selection to the national team that competed at the 1934 FIFA World Cup finals, where he would captain the side. Nehin made his living as a

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Fifa World Cup Career

References

External links

FIFA profile
Argentine men's footballers Argentine people of Syrian descent Argentina men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Syrian Christians 1934 FIFA World Cup players 1905 births 1957 deaths Footballers from San Juan, Argentina Sportspeople of Syrian descent 20th-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-footy-midfielder-stub