Carmelo Simeone

Carmelo Simeone
	Simeone at Boca Juniors
Personal information
Date of birth	September 22, 1933
Place of birth	Ciudadela, Argentina
Date of death	October 11, 2014 (aged 81)
Place of death	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1955–1961	Vélez Sársfield
1962–1967	Boca Juniors
1968–?	Sportivo Belgrano
National team
1959–1966	Argentina
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 2008

Carmelo Simeone "Cholo", (September 22, 1933 – October 11, 2014) was an Argentine football defender. He won three league championships with Boca Juniors. Simeone played for the Argentina national team. He was born in Ciudadela, Argentina.

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.

Simeone represented Argentina at the Copa América in 1959,^[1] and at the 1966 FIFA World Cup.^[2]

Simeone died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, aged 81.