David Acevedo

David Acevedo ( born February 20, 1937) is a former Argentine footballer. With the national team of his native country, he participated in the Football World Cup 1958.

Career

Club career

David Acevedo began his footballing career in 1956 at CA Independiente in Avellaneda, an industrial suburb of Argentina's capital Buenos Aires. He played almost his entire career for Independiente, in 1969 he left the club in the direction of CA Banfield, where he later that year ended his career. With Independiente won David Acevedo, who acted in the position of a defender, three times the Argentine football championship. For the first time victorious Acevedo was with Independiente in 1960, when the team to Argentine football greats such as Roberto Ferreiro, José Varacka or just Acevedo in the Primera División first place with two points ahead of CA River Plate finished. Three years later, in 1963 succeeded the second title. Again, before River Plate, the first place was occupied. This title Independiente was known to participate in the Copa Libertadores in 1964, at that time still under the name Copa Campeones de América, entitled. The tournament was designed by Independiente victorious. In the final one was successful against Nacional Montevideo of Uruguay, and was the first time the Copa Libertadores win. This title in the Copa Libertadores was the beginning of a success story in this competition, because until today Independiente won seven times the Copa Libertadores, which the club is record holder. Acevedo came both in winning the title in 1964 and that of 1965 in the final matches against Independiente Nacional or Penarol used, but a scoring did not succeed. 1967 David Acevedo won his last title with Independiente, as in the first division in Argentina the first rank with two counters has been assigned before Estudiantes de La Plata. After he had moved to CA Banfield in 1969, he finished there in the same year his active career at age 32.

National

In the Argentine national football team David Acevedo has been used five times. All these operations accounted for the year 1967. Without having attended an international match, he was appointed to the South American squad for the FIFA World Cup 1958 in Sweden by Argentina's national coach Guillermo Stábile. In the tournament, he was not used. Meanwhile, the world championship for the Argentine team after the first round ended by a last place in Group 1