Raúl Leguizamón

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Leguizamón (left) in Club Atlanta dress, 1950

Raúl Osvaldo Leguizamón († July 1, 1990 ), also known by the nickname Tango , was an Argentine football player on the position of defender who worked as a football coach after his active career .

career

From 1938 to 1948 Leguizamón was under contract with CA Independiente , with whom he won the Argentine football championship three times (1938, 1939 and 1948) . He then moved to Club Atlético Atlanta , where he was under contract until at least 1950. For the next few years there are no reliable findings about his club membership, but no later than the mid-1950s Leguizamón moved to Mexico , where he played in the 1954/55 season for the traditional club Atlas Guadalajara , which had recently been relegated to the second division . With the Zorros he immediately succeeded in winning the second division championship and the associated immediate promotion to the top Mexican division . In the following first division season 1955/56 he was responsible for Atlas for the first time as a coach (player-coach?) And moved to the 1956/57 season as a player at Club America . In its ranks, he soon ended his active career and took over the post of head coach at Club Deportivo Zamora , which was relegated to the second division , with whom he succeeded in immediate promotion.

Between 1940 and 1943 Leguizamón was used three times for the Argentine national football team.

successes

As a player

  • Argentine champion: 1938, 1939, 1948
  • Mexican second division champions: 1955

As a trainer

  • Mexican second division champions: 1957

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Efemérides del Rojo (Spanish; accessed February 13, 2018)
  2. ↑ ATLAS: Jugadores Extranjeros en el Club (Spanish; article from July 21, 2012)
  3. ↑ Chivas: Temporada 1955 - 56, Todos los Resultados en la Liga (Spanish; article from March 18, 2013)
  4. ↑ Club América: Foreign players at RSSSF (English)
personal data
SURNAME Leguizamón, Raúl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leguizamón, Raúl Osvaldo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentinian soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Argentina
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 1990