Carmelo Simeone

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Carmelo Simeone

| image = Carmelo Simeone.jpg

| image_size = 240

| caption = Simeone at Boca Juniors

| fullname =

| height = 1.70 m

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|9|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ciudadela, Argentina

| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|10|11|1934|9|22|df=yes}}

| death_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1955–1961

| years2 = 1962–1967

| years3 = 1968–?

| clubs1 = Vélez Sársfield

| clubs2 = Boca Juniors

| clubs3 = Sportivo Belgrano

| caps1 = 164

| caps2 = 152

| caps3 = ?

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 1

| goals3 = ?

| nationalyears1 = 1959–1966

| nationalteam1 = Argentina

| nationalcaps1 = 22

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.ole.com.ar/diario/2002/06/05/m-397561.htm |title=Jens Fjellström ny tränare i Malmö FF (Jens Fjellström new coach in Malmö FF) |publisher=aftonbladet.se |date=2016-07-26 |access-date=2017-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030816041947/http://www.ole.com.ar/diario/2002/06/05/m-397561.htm |archive-date=2003-08-16 |url-status=dead }}

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,[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/arg-squad-sachamp.html rsssf: Argentina Copa America 1959 squad] and at the 1966 FIFA World Cup;[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/arg-squad-wc.html rsssf: Argentina 1966 World Cup squad] in total he made 22 appearances for the national side between 1959 and 1966.