Néstor Errea (27 April 1939 – 3 June 2005) was an Argentine professional

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who played as a

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. His nickname was ''"El Flaco"'' ''()'' because of his tall, slender body physique.

Club career

Errea started football at an amateur level at

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in the

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region of

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. His professional career began in 1959 when he joined Atlético Atlanta. He played there until 1962 and then joined

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, where he won 3

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. In 1966 he signed for Colón playing for a year before he travel to

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to play for

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, where during his short spell he managed to win an

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in 1967. Afterwards he made his return at Boca Juniors in 1968. In 1969 he signed for Estudiantes and in the season he played with the club he managed to win the

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two consecutive times and play in the

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, where they lost 3–2 on aggregate to

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. In 1971 he played for Banfield for a year. In the summer of 1972, the transfers of Latin American footballers to

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, according to the current of the time, brought Errea alongside Rodolfo Vicente and Hugo Zeer to

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. He played with the "yellow-blacks" for 2 seasons, without managing to win any title. In the summer of 1975, he signed for

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, where he played until 1977, when he moved to AO Chalkida to end his career in 1978.

International career

He played in two matches for

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in 1959 and 1961. He made his debut on 9 December 1959 in Argentina's 4–2 win over

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for the 1959 South American Championship that took place in

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, setting a record for the youngest player to appear in the national team. In 1961 he was called up again, where he played for the last time in a 4–1 away defeat by

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on 15 June.

After football

Errea quickly acclimatized in Greece and after obtaining Greek citizenship in 1977, he stayed permanently in the country. For most of his stay, he lived in

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. Errea passed away on 3 June 2005, after suffering a severe stroke for which he was hospitalized at the "Asclepion" hospital at

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Honours

Boca Juniors *

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1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

Peñarol *

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...

Estudiantes *

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1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Errea, Nestor 1939 births 2005 deaths Club Atlético Atlanta footballers Boca Juniors footballers Club Atlético Colón footballers Peñarol players Estudiantes de La Plata footballers Club Atlético Banfield footballers AEK Athens F.C. players Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players Chalkida F.C. players Copa Libertadores–winning players Argentine men's footballers Argentina men's international footballers Super League Greece players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Place of birth missing Men's association football goalkeepers Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay 20th-century Argentine sportsmen