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

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football defender who won three league championships with

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...

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 Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish ( masculine) or ( feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, ...

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

Copa América The Copa América ( en, America Cup) or CONMEBOL Copa América, known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol'' in Spanish and ''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol'' in Portuguese), is the t ...

campaign in

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, and at the

1966 FIFA World Cup The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 July to 30 July 1966. The England national football team defeated West Germany 4-2 in ...

;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:

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Argentina

* Taça das Nações: 1964

References

External links

Boca Juniors profile
1934 births 2014 deaths Footballers from Buenos Aires Province Argentine people 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 {{Argentina-footy-defender-stub