Nelson López (soccer player)
Nelson López | ||
Personnel | ||
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Surname | Nelson Juan López | |
birthday | June 24, 1941 | |
place of birth | Argentina | |
position | midfield player | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
1961 | River Plate | 7 (0) |
1962 | Rosario Central | 2 (0) |
1963 | SC Internacional | |
1964-1968 | CA Banfield | 127 (1) |
1969-1970 | CA Huracan | 24 (1) |
1971-1972 | San Lorenzo Mar del Plata | 6 (0) |
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) |
1966-1968 | Argentina | 5 (0) |
1 Only league games are given. |
Nelson Juan López (* 24. June 1941 in Argentina ) is a former Argentine football player with the national team of his native country at the 1966 FIFA World Cup took part.
Career
Nelson López began playing football at River Plate in Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires . In 1961 he was taken over to the professional team of the Argentine Nobel Club. In a team around stars like Ermindo Onega , Amadeo Carrizo and José Varacka , however, López could not prevail and only made seven league games in the Primera División of the 1961 season. He then moved to league rivals Rosario Central in 1962 , where he was hardly given a chance and also only made two league games here and went to SC Internacional from Porto Alegre after only one year in the third largest city in Argentina after Brazil . At the club, which at that time was not one of the big clubs in Brazilian football, he played football for a year.
In 1964 López returned to Argentina and joined the first division club CA Banfield from Buenos Aires. At Banfield, the best was staying in the middle of the Argentine Primera División, he became a regular player and was during his time in Banfield for coach Juan Carlos Lorenzo interesting of him in the line-up of the Argentine national football team for the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England called. Nelson López was not used during the tournament. Meanwhile, his team reached the round of 16 at the World Cup, where they were eliminated against the eventual world champions and hosts England . After the Football World Cup in 1966, Nelson López continued to play for the national team of his home country, he made a total of five international matches, but he was denied a goal.
His national team time ended in 1968. In the same year he moved, now 27 years old, to CA Huracán , also based in Buenos Aires. At the smaller club, which was to be led a short time later by César Luis Menotti for the first and to date only championship in club history, López played in the lower midfield of the Primera División until 1970. He then played another season for CA San Lorenzo de Mar del Plata in the lower class of Argentine football.
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | López, Nelson |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | López, Juan Nelson (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentinian soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1941 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Argentina |