Carmelo Simeone

Carmelo Simeone
	Simeone at Boca Juniors
Personal information
Date of birth	22 September 1934
Place of birth	Ciudadela, Argentina
Date of death	11 October 2014 (aged 80)
Place of death	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1955–1961	Vélez Sársfield
1962–1967	Boca Juniors
1968–?	Sportivo Belgrano
International career
1959–1966	Argentina
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 2008

Carmelo "Cholo" Simeone, (22 September 1934 – 11 October 2014) was an Argentine football defender who won three league championships with Boca Juniors and played for the Argentina national team. Nicknamed "Cholo", he was known for his energetic playing style.^[1]

Club career

Simeone started his playing career in 1955 with Vélez Sársfield. In 1961 he joined Boca Juniors where he was an important defensive player in the teams that won the Argentine Primera in 1962, 1964 and 1965. Simeone left Boca In 1967 and spent some time playing for Sportivo Belgrano in the lower leagues of Argentine football.

International career

Simeone represented Argentina in their victorious Copa América campaign in 1959,^[2] and at the 1966 FIFA World Cup;^[3] in total he made 22 appearances for the national side between 1959 and 1966.