Luis Galván

Luis Galván belongs to football history in the most permanent way: a centre back on the Argentina side that lifted the 1978 World Cup on home soil. Anchoring a defense under that kind of national pressure takes nerves most players never develop. At 174 cm he was not towering, so his game must have lived on positioning and reading the play rather than raw size, exactly the craft I admire most in defenders. He passed away in 2025, but a world title never fades. I will always favor the quiet men at the back who carry a nation over the flashier names up front.

Name (English)

Luis Galván

Name (Japanese)

ルイス・ガルバン

Reading

るいす・がるばん

Born

February 24, 1948 (age 78)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rat

Origin

Fernández, Santiago del Estero, Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina

Height

174 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3

Tags

• Santiago del Estero Province
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.