Carmelo Simeone "Cholo", (born September 22, 1933 in Ciudadela) is a former Argentine

Argentina

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 football

Football (soccer)

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 defender who won three league championships with Boca Juniors

Boca Juniors

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 and played for the Argentina national team

Argentina national football team

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Club career

Simeone started his playing career in 1955 with Vélez Sársfield

Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield

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. In 1961 he joined Boca Juniors

Boca Juniors

Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

 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

Sportivo Belgrano de San Francisco

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 in the lower leagues of Argentine football.

International career

Simeone represented Argentina at the Copa América

Copa América

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 in 1959

South American Championship 1959 (Argentina)

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, and at the 1966 FIFA World Cup

1966 FIFA World Cup

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Titles

Season	Team	Title
1962	Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....	Primera División Argentina Primera División Argentina The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...
1964	Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....	Primera División Argentina Primera División Argentina The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...
1965	Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....	Primera División Argentina Primera División Argentina The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...

External links

Boca Juniors profile