Juan Lezcano
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juan Vicente Lezcano López | ||
Date of birth | April 5, 1937 | ||
Place of birth | Paraguay | ||
Date of death | February 6, 2012 | (aged 74)||
International career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Paraguay |
Juan Vicente Lezcano López (5 April 1937 – 6 February 2012);[1] was a Paraguayan football defender.
Career
Lezcano was born in the neighbourhood of Santísima Trinidad in Asunción, Paraguay, and started his career at Olimpia of Asunción in 1954. He was part of the historical Olimpia team coached by Aurelio González that won five Paraguayan league championships in a row, from 1956 to 1960 and reached the final of the first edition of the Copa Libertadores in 1960, where Olimpia lost against Peñarol of Uruguay. Soon after in 1961, Peñarol signed him and became one of the key players of the Uruguayan club along with other stars such as Alberto Spencer, Pedro Rocha and Ladislao Mazurkiewicz that helped Peñarol win several national and international championships. In 1967, he played for Colón de Santa Fe of Argentina.
Lezcano made 26 appearances for the Paraguay national football team,[2] and was part of the squad that qualified for the 1958 World Cup tournament.[3]
Lezcano's father, Juan Félix Lezcano, was also a Paraguayan international footballer.[1]
References
- ^ a b "La partida de Juan Vicente Lezcano" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 7 February 2012.
- ^ Mamrud, Roberto (17 June 2009). "Paraguay - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
- ^ "Luto en el fútbol paraguayo, con la muerte de dos campeones de América" (in Spanish). Paraguay.com. 6 February 2012.
- Use dmy dates from September 2011
- 1937 births
- 2012 deaths
- Sportspeople from Asunción
- Paraguayan footballers
- Paraguayan expatriate footballers
- Paraguay international footballers
- 1958 FIFA World Cup players
- Club Olimpia footballers
- Peñarol players
- Colón de Santa Fe footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate footballers in Uruguay
- Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Paraguayan expatriates in Uruguay
- Paraguayan football biography stubs