Juan Lezcano

Juan Lezcano
Personal information
Full name	Juan Vicente Lezcano López
Date of birth	5 April 1937
Place of birth	Asunción, Paraguay
Date of death	6 February 2012 (aged 74)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1954-1960	Olimpia
1961-1967	Peñarol
1968-1969	Colón
International career
1957-1963	Paraguay
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Vicente Lezcano López (5 April 1937 – 6 February 2012) was a Paraguayan football defender.

Career

Lezcano started his career at Olimpia of Asunción in 1954. He was part of the historical Olimpia team coached by Aurelio González that won five Paraguayan league championships in a row, from 1956 to 1960 and reached the final of the first edition of the Copa Libertadores in 1960, where Olimpia lost against Peñarol of Uruguay. Soon after in 1961, Peñarol signed him and became one of the key players of the Uruguayan club along with other stars such as Alberto Spencer, Pedro Rocha and Ladislao Mazurkiewicz that helped Peñarol win several national and international championships. In 1968, he played for Colón de Santa Fe of Argentina.

Lezcano made 26 appearances for the Paraguay national football team,^[1] and was part of the squad that qualified for the 1958 World Cup tournament.^[2]

Personal life and death

Juan Lezcano was born in the neighbourhood of Santísima Trinidad in Asunción, Paraguay on 5 April 1937. His father, Juan Félix Lezcano, was also a Paraguayan international footballer.^[3]

Lezcano died on 6 February 2012, at the age of 74.^[3]