Oscar Leguizamón Explained

Oscar Leguizamón should not be confused with Osmar Leguizamón.

Oscar Leguizamón
Fullname:Oscar Rodolfo Leguizamón
Birth Date:30 March 1966
Birth Place:Rosario, Argentina
Position:Defender
Years1:1987–1989
Clubs1:Central Córdoba
Caps1:61
Goals1:1
Years2:1989–1990
Clubs2:Belgrano
Caps2:34
Goals2:1
Years3:1990–1991
Clubs3:Deportivo Maipú
Caps3:16
Goals3:0
Years4:1991–1994
Clubs4:Unión Santa Fe
Caps4:59
Goals4:20
Years5:1994–1998
Clubs5:Deportes Antofagasta
Years6:1998–1999
Caps6:15
Goals6:0
Totalcaps:185
Totalgoals:22

Oscar Rodolfo Leguizamón (born 30 March 1966) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a defender.[1]

Career

Central Córdoba of Primera B Nacional were Leguizamón's first club, he made sixty-one appearances with them between 1987 and 1989.[1] Spells with fellow second-tier teams Belgrano and Deportivo Maipú followed,[1] prior to Leguizamón joining Argentine Primera División side Unión Santa Fe.[2] He played twenty-three times in Argentina's professional top-flight during 1991–92, a season that ended in relegation.[3] Leguizamón scored twenty goals in thirty-six games back in Primera B Nacional, that led to him leaving Argentine football for the first time as he left to join Chilean Primera División team Deportes Antofagasta in 1994.[1]

He suffered relegation in his final season, 1997,[4] with Antofagasta before returning to Argentina to join his final club, Justo Jose de Urquiza of Primera C.[1] [5]

Personal life

He is the father of current footballer Nicolás Leguizamón.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Oscar Leguizamón profile. 3 May 2017. BDFA. 3 May 2017.
  2. News: Nicolás Leguizamón: "A mi viejo le cuento y pregunto todo". 3 May 2017. El Litoral. 7 February 2017.
  3. News: Argentina 1991/92. 3 May 2017. RSSSF. 3 May 2017.
  4. News: Chile 1997. 3 May 2017. RSSSF. 3 May 2017.
  5. News: Argentina Fourth Level (Primera C - Metropolitana) 1998/99. 3 May 2017. RSSSF. 3 May 2017.