Luis Galván, Member of the Argentine World Champion Team in 1978 and emblem of the Club Talleres de Córdoba, died Monday at age 77, as announced by the Argentine Soccer Association (AFA).
“The Argentine Football Association, through its president Claudio Tapia, laments the death of the world champion defender with the Argentine National Team in 1978 Luis Galván and express their condolences to relatives and loved ones “AFA reported in a statement.
The ex -defense had been admitted a month ago at the Reina Fabiola clinic, in the Argentine city of Córdoba, where he contracted an intrahospital virus that resulted in pneumonia, as his family informed local media.
He also played in Spain 1982
Born in Santiago del Estero on February 24, 1948, Galván played every minutes of the 1978 World Cup in Argentina Under the direction of the technician César Luis Menotti, who died just a year ago, on May 5, 2024.
Galván was also part of the Argentine team that participated In the World Cup in Spain 1982 and played a total of 34 games with the albiceleste.
In Argentine football, his name was indelible to the club Córdoba Workshops, in which he played 503 games In 15 seasons divided into two periods, between 1970 and 1982, and between 1986 and 1987.
Thus became the player with more presences in the history of the club, which this Monday expressed in a statement that “His leadership and football quality were fundamental for workshops to reach outstanding achievements, such as the runner -up in the 1977 National and multiple titles in the Cordoba Football League.”
Galván also played in the Loma Negra teams, Belgrano de Córdoba, Central Norte de Salta and Bolívar de Bolivia, before retire in 1987 with the workshop shirt.
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After his retirement, Galván worked for more than two decades in the lower divisions and women's football of the workshops, in which he was a reference and formator of new generations.
“His legacy will last in the memory of all those who are part of our Argentine institution and football,” He highlighted the workshops in his statement.
