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'Luis Adolfo Galván' (born February 24 1948 in Fernandez, Santiago del Estero) is a retired Argentine footballer, who played in the centre back position.
He is perhaps most famous for having been part of the 1978 World Cup winning team.

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International career

Club career

International career

Galván played his first game of his 8 year international career for Argentina in 1975.
The undisputable highlight of his footballing career came in 1978 when he was selected to represent Argentina at the Argentina 78 tournament. He was lucky enough to play in the World Cup final in the Monumental, where Argentina beat Holland 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 campeign, eliminated in the 2nd group phase. He retired from international football one year later, in 1983 at the age of 35.

★ Argentina (1975-1982): Games 34 Goals 0.

Club career

Galván started his career in 1970 at Talleres de Córdoba, the club where he spent the majority of his career. He never won a major trophy with the club, but they were runners up in Nacional 1977, they finished 3rd in Metropolitano 1980, and reached the semi-finals of Nacionals 1976 and 1978.
Galván left the Talleres in 1982 after giving a 12 year service to the club, and went on to play for a succession of provincial teams including Talleres' main rivals; Belgrano de Córdoba.
In 1986 Galván moved to Bolivia to play for Bolívar in La Paz, but his stay there didn't last long, he returned to play for Talleres in 1987, before leaving 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.