Carlos Galván

Carlos Galván
Personal information
Full name Carlos Alberto Galván
Date of birth (1973-10-28) October 28, 1973
Place of birth Pontevedra, Argentina
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Sport Loreto (Head coach)
Youth career
Racing Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1998 Racing Club 115 (2)
1998–2000 Atlético Mineiro 34 (2)
2000–2002 Santos 20 (1)
2002–2003 Lanús 63 (2)
2004 Ciudad de Murcia 4 (0)
2004 Paysandu 7 (0)
2004–2005 Argentinos Juniors 36 (1)
2005–2006 Olimpia ? (?)
2006–2007 Banfield 33 (1)
2007–2012 Universitario de Deportes 150 (8)
2012–2014 UCV 36 (0)
International career
1996 Argentina U-23
Managerial career
2013–2014 UCV (assistant)
2014 UCV
2014–2015 UCV (youth)
2015 Willy Serrato
2016 Comerciantes Unidos (assistant)
2016–2017 Willy Serrato
2017 Los Caimanes
2018 Sport Loreto
2018 Deportivo Hualgayoc
2018 Sport Rosario (assistant)
2019 Chavelines Juniors
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Alberto Galván (born 28 October 1973 in Pontevedra, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a defender and football coach.

Club career

Galván started his career at Racing Club de Avellaneda in 1992, before moving to Brazil in 1998 to play for Clube Atlético Mineiro, after being part of 1997 Copa Libertadores semifinalists.[1]

In his Racing years, the club suffered a great time with no titles in Argentine league, between 1966 and 2001. Galván took part in two runner up campaigns, in Apertura 1993 and Apertura 1995.[1] Weeks later that one, he was called by Argentina U-23 for the 1996 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament,[2] although Daniel Passarella chose veterans for the Olympic team defense in the final list to Atlanta.[1]

In Brazil, he played as a defender and was often used in the sweeper position. He was known for his positioning and his ability to score goals using his head.

Among other titles, he won the Minas Gerais state with Atlético Minero. He was also in the Atlético Minero side that were runners-up in the Brazilian Championship in 1999 and with Santos in 2000 when they won the São Paulo State Championship. He played for two years at each team in Brazil. In 1998, with Atlético, he has involved in a fight at Vitória's stadium, where he was one of four players from each side sent off. He also scored an own goal at Vila Belmiro, in a 2–0 defeat against Santos' biggest rivals, Corinthians. He also played for Paysandu, in 2004.

Galván returned to Argentina in 2002 to play for Club Atlético Lanús and in 2004 he had a brief spell with Ciudad de Murcia in Spain. He has also played for Club Olimpia in Paraguay and Argentinos Juniors in Argentina.

In 2007 Galván joined Peruvian team Universitario de Deportes, in February 2009 he announced that he plans to retire in December 2010 to take up a position as a youth coach with the club.[3]

Honours

Club

Atlético Mineiro

Universitario de Deportes

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Elementos em comum entre Atlético Mineiro e Racing". Futebol Portenho (in Portuguese). 27 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "El Sub 23 ante Colombia en su primer ensayo". La Nación (in Portuguese). 26 January 1996. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  3. ↑ Carlos Galván anuncia que se retirará el 2010 en Universitario Archived March 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine at rpp.com (in Spanish)
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