Carlos Galván

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Carlos Galván
Full name	Carlos Alberto Galván
Date of birth	October 28, 1973 (1973-10-28) (age 34)
Place of birth	Pontevedra, Argentina
Height	1.84 m (6 ft +¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Centre-back, Sweeper
Club information
Current club	Universitario de Deportes
Number	4
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992-1998 1998-2000 2000-2002 2002-2003 2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-present	Racing Club Atlético Minero Santos Lanús Ciudad de Murcia Argentinos Juniors Olimpia Banfield Universitario de Deportes	115 (2) - - 63 (2) 4 (0) 36 (1) - 33 (1) 27 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

This article is about the footballer. For the hip-hop artist, see Carlos Galvan.

Carlos Alberto Galván (born October 28, 1973 in Pontevedra, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football defender, currently playing for Universitario de Deportes.

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Galván started his career at Racing Club de Avellaneda in 1992, before moving to Brazil in 1998 to play for Clube Atlético Mineiro.

In Brazil he was seen as a skilled defender. His technique was at its best when playing as a sweeper. He scored some key goals. He has a powerful header and sense for positioning.

Among other titles, he won the Minas Gerais state with Atlético Minero. He was also in the Atlético Minero side that were runner-ups in the Brazilian Championship in 1999 and with Santos in 2000 when they won the São Paulo State Championship. He played for two years at each team in Brazil. In 1998, with Atlético, he has involved in a fight at Vitória's stadium, where he was one of four players from each side sent off. He also scored an own goal at Vila Belmiro, in a 2-0 defeat against Santos' biggest rivals, Corinthians.

Galván returned to Argentina in 2002 to play for Club Atlético Lanús and in 2004 he had a brief spell with Ciudad de Murcia in Spain. He has also played for Club Olimpia in Paraguay and Argentinos Juniors in Argentina.

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Universitario de Deportes – current squad

1 Fernandez • 2 Molina • 3 Neyra • 4 Galvan • 5 Gonzalez • 6 R. Torres • 7 M. Torres • 8 Landauri • 9 Jimenez • 10 Candelo • 11 Labarthe • 12 Llontop • 13 Calderón • 14 Araujo • 15 Cevasco • 17 Tragodara • 18 Hurtado • 19 Avila • 20 Ardiles • 21 Ibañez • 23 Duarte • 24 Rivas • 25 Zapata • 26 Balta • 27 Correa • 28 Rabanal • 29 Bernales • 30 Fajardo • Manager: Gareca