José Galván

{{Infobox football biography

| name = José Galván

| image =

| fullname = José Ernesto Galvan

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|3|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina

| height = 1.72 m

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1994–2001

| youthclubs1 = Boca Juniors

| years1 = 2001–2004 | clubs1 = Boca Juniors | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2001–2002 | clubs2 = → Necaxa (loan) | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2001–2002 | clubs3 = → Cuautitlán (loan) | caps3 = – | goals3 = –

| years4 = 2003 | clubs4 = → MetroStars (loan) | caps4 = 9 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2004 | clubs5 = Chacarita Juniors | caps5 = 5 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2004 | clubs6 = MTK Budapest | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2005 | clubs7 = Manta FC | caps7 = 10 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2006–2007 | clubs8 = 9 de Julio | caps8 = 37 | goals8 = 4

| years9 = 2007 | clubs9 = Universitario de Sucre | caps9 = 1 | goals9 = 0

| years10= 2008 | clubs10= 9 de Julio | caps10= 0 | goals10= 0

| years11= 2008–2009 | clubs11= Atlético Minero | caps11= 17 | goals11= 2

| years12= 2009–2010 | clubs12= Sportivo Patria | caps12= 9 | goals12= 0

| years13= 2010–2012 | clubs13= Cobresal | caps13= 31 | goals13= 3

| years14= 2012–2014 | clubs14= Coquimbo Unido | caps14= 45 | goals14= 3

| totalcaps = 164

| totalgoals = 12

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 = Argentina U17

}}

José Ernesto Galván (born 26 March 1981) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in San Miguel de Tucumán, Galván joined the Boca Juniors youth ranks at age 13, making eighteen appearances with five goals for the reserve team. Abroad, Galván played in Mexico, the United States, Hungary, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Chile.{{cite web |last1=Rodríguez |first1=Daniel |title=José Galván en exclusiva con Puro Boca: "Boca siempre te marca, hasta el día de hoy" |url=https://www.puroboca.com/nota-jose-galvan-en-exclusiva-con-puro-boca-boca-siempre-te-marca--hasta-el-dia-de-hoy-170613 |website=www.puroboca.com |access-date=16 May 2024 |language=es |date=2 May 2023}}{{cite web |title=Galván José |url=https://enunabaldosa.com/2008/01/31/galvan-jose/ |website=En Una Baldosa |access-date=16 May 2024 |language=es |date=31 January 2008}}

As a member of the Boca Juniors first team since 1999 under Carlos Bianchi,{{cite news |title=Bianchi prueba al equipo frente a Ferro |url=https://www.clarin.com/deportes/bianchi-prueba-equipo-frente-ferro_0_Sy47qQagCtg.html |access-date=16 May 2024 |work=Clarín |date=10 July 1999 |language=es}} Galván spent a season on loan with Mexican club Cuautitlán, then the B team of Necaxa, and the 2003 season with Major League Soccer club MetroStars. He also made two appearances for Necaxa in the 2001 Copa Merconorte.{{cite web |title=José Galván - Copa Merconorte 2001 |url=https://www.livefutbol.com/ficha_jugador/jose-galvan/copa-merconorte-2001/club-necaxa/3/ |website=livefutbol.com |access-date=16 May 2024 |language=es}} In February 2003, he failed to sign with Swedish club Malmö FF.{{cite news |title=Bianchi guarda a Cascini para el Clausura |url=https://www.rionegro.com.ar/bianchi-guarda-a-cascini-para-el-clausura-ABHRN0302054051005/ |access-date=16 May 2024 |work=Diario Río Negro |date=5 February 2003 |language=es}}

After ending his contract with Boca Juniors, he had a stint with Chacarita Juniors in 2004. In the same year, he moved to Europe and joined Hungarian club MTK Budapest.

Back in South America, he played for Manta FC in Ecuador, 9 de Julio{{cite news |title=Vuelve al "Tucu" Galván |url=https://www.soloascenso.com.ar/notas/9-de-julio-morteros/vuelve-al-tucu-galvan/8539 |access-date=16 May 2024 |work=www.soloascenso.com.ar |date=15 January 2008 |language=es}} and Sportivo Patria{{cite news |last1=Santiago Dao |first1=Pablo |title=Club Sportivo Patria: Malas Presentaciones en Chaco |url=https://razadecana.blogspot.com/2009/08/pensando-en-el-argentino-b-que.html |access-date=16 May 2024 |work=Club Sportivo Patria |date=17 August 2009 |language=es}} in his homeland, Universitario de Sucre in Bolivia,{{cite news |title=Argentinos Woner y Galvan fichan en Universitario para torneo Clausura. |url=https://www.noticiasfides.com/deportes/argentinos-woner-y-galvan-fichan-en-universitario-para-torneo-clausura-151904 |access-date=16 May 2024 |work=www.noticiasfides.com |date=9 July 2007 |language=es}} Atlético Minero in Peru and both Cobresal and Coquimbo Unido in Chile.{{cite web |title=El "Tucu" Galván pone el equilibrio |url=https://www.diarioeldia.cl/noticias/2013/03/14/21765-el-tucu-galvan-pone-el-equilibrio |website=Diario El Día |access-date=16 May 2024 |language=es |date=14 March 2013}} He ended his career with the last one in 2014.