Luis Adolfo Galvan died at the age of 77. He was one of the key players in the Argentine national team, who won the 1978 World Cup. The cause of the death of a former football player was bilateral pneumonia and renal failure, writes Mercopress.com. Farewell to him occurred a year after the death of the head coach of this team Sesar Luis Menoti.
Galvan was a player in the initial composition of the national team in all seven matches of the home Mundial and was never replaced – it was only five in the team: besides him, this is the goalkeeper Ubaldo Fillo, captain Daniel Passirel, defender Alberto Tarantini and the best bombardment of the Mario Kempes tournament. Luis played under the seventh number – Menotti Distributed Alphabet Players, not a position.
The legend of the Galvan club was in Taleeresa from Cordoba, where he spent 503 official matches – more than someone in the history of the club. With the team, he won the “silver” of the Argentina Championship in 1977 and many titles in the regional league. After his career, Luis worked at the club academy for more than 20 years, engaged in the youth and women’s team.
“Goodbye, Louis. It hurts us to report the death of Luis Adolfo Galvan – the symbol of the club and the world champion. His contribution to our club and Argentinean football cannot be reassessed, ”the Thalieers statement said.
Galvan was born on February 24, 1948 in Fernandez (Province of Santiago Del-Vesto). In addition to Taleeresa, he played for Belgran, Lomm Negro, Ventral Nota and the Bolivar Bolivian club.
His death was replenished with a list of world champions, including Rene Gaussman, Leopoldo Lucca, Ruben Galvan (1978), as well as Diego Maradon, Jose Kussiffo and Jose Luis Brown (1986).
Galvan game in the 1978 World Cup final against the Netherlands
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