Juan Héctor Guidi was an Argentine

Argentina

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 football

Football (soccer)

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 midfielder. He played most of his career with Club Atlético Lanús

Club Atlético Lanús

Club Atlético Lanús is a sports club from Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Founded on 3 January 1915, the club's main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentina's top divisions: Primera División and Liga Nacional de Básquet...

 he also made 37 appearances for the Argentina national team

Argentina national football team

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Club career

Guidi, born on 14 July 1930 in the city of Piñeiro

Piñeiro

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, Avellaneda

Avellaneda Partido

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, started his career with local club Unidos de Piñeiro, before joining Lanús in 1949. In 1950 he helped the team to win the Argentine 2nd Division

Primera B Metropolitana

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 in 1950.

Guidi had a spell with Club Atlético Independiente

Club Atlético Independiente

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 but he never achieved the level of play that he had at Lanús.

Guidi rejoined Lanús helping them to win the 2nd division title in 1964. Guidi retired from football in 1966.

Club titles

Season	Club	Title
1950	Lanús Club Atlético Lanús Club Atlético Lanús is a sports club from Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Founded on 3 January 1915, the club's main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentina's top divisions: Primera División and Liga Nacional de Básquet...	Primera B Primera B Metropolitana Primera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....
1964	Lanús Club Atlético Lanús Club Atlético Lanús is a sports club from Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Founded on 3 January 1915, the club's main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentina's top divisions: Primera División and Liga Nacional de Básquet...	Primera B Primera B Metropolitana Primera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....

International career

Guidi represented Argentina in 2 Copa América

Copa América

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s, the victorious Peru 1957

South American Championship 1957

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 campaign and the Ecuador 1959

South American Championship 1959 (Ecuador)

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 where Argentina finished in 2nd place. He played a total of 37 games for Argentina putting him in the top 50 most capped Argentine footballers of all time.

International titles

Season	Club	Title
1957	Argentina Argentina national football team The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in association football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association , the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro...	Copa América Copa América The Copa América —previously known as South American Championship—is an international football competition contested between the men's national teams of CONMEBOL, the sport's continental governing body...

Legacy

El Nene Guidi died in 1973 at the age of just 42, he is remembered as one of the most important idols of Club Atlético Lanús. One of the streets outside La Fortaleza was renamed Héctor Guidi in his honour.

External links

• Biography on the Lanús website