Juan Francisco Lombardo

Football player infobox
playername = Juan Francisco Lombardo


fullname = Juan Francisco Lombardo
height =
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1925|6|11
cityofbirth = Mendoza
countryofbirth = Argentina
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = ?-1951
1952-1960
1960
clubs = Newell's Old Boys
Boca Juniors
River Plate
caps(goals) = 0|00? (?)
196 (1)
0|009 (0)
nationalyears = 1952-1959
nationalteam = Argentina
nationalcaps(goals) = 037 (0)
pcupdate = June 2007

Juan Francisco Lombardo (born June 11 1925, in the city of Mendoza) is a retired Argentine football defender. He played a large part of his career for Argentine giants Boca Juniors and represented Argentina on 37 occasions. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/arg-recintlp.html rsssf: Argentina record international footballers] ]

Claub career

Lombardo started his career with Newell's Old Boys in Rosario, in 1952 he joined Boca Juniors where he played 196 games, his only goal for Boca came in a 2-2 draw with Club Atlético Platense in 1952.

In 1960 Lombardo left Boca on a free transfer to join their hated rivals River Plate, but he only made 9 appearances for the club before retiring later that year.

Club title

International career

Lombardo made 37 appearances for Argentina, he played in 4 Copa Américas; 1955, 1956, and 2 in 1959. He also played in the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

International titles

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