Carmelo "Cholo" Simeone, (22 September 1934 – 11 October 2014) was an

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defender who won three league championships with

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 ...

and played for the Argentina national team. Nicknamed "Cholo", he was known for his energetic playing style.

Club career

Simeone started his playing career in 1955 with Vélez Sársfield. In 1961 he joined

where he was an important defensive player in the teams that won the Argentine Primera in 1962, 1964 and 1965. Simeone left Boca In 1967 and spent some time playing for

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in the lower leagues of Argentine football.

International career

Simeone represented Argentina in their victorious

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campaign in

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, and at the

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;rsssf: Argentina 1966 World Cup squad
/ref> in total he made 22 appearances for the national side between 1959 and 1966.

Honours

Club

;

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: 1962, 1964, 1965 *

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runner-up:

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

Argentina

* Taça das Nações: 1964

References

External links

Boca Juniors profile
1934 births 2014 deaths Footballers from Buenos Aires Province Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Argentine men's footballers Men's association football defenders Argentine Primera División players Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers Boca Juniors footballers Argentina men's international footballers 1966 FIFA World Cup players 20th-century Argentine sportsmen Copa América–winning players {{Argentina-footy-defender-stub