Pedro Galván (footballer)
Argentine footballer
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Pedro Joaquín Galván (born 18 August 1985) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. He is currently without a team.
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Galván playing for Bnei Yehuda in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pedro Joaquín Galván | ||
| Date of birth | 18 August 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Arrecifes, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Gimnasia LP | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2005 | Gimnasia LP | 4 | (0) |
| 2006 | San Martín SJ | 18 | (2) |
| 2007 | Olmedo | 41 | (14) |
| 2008 | San Martín SJ | 13 | (0) |
| 2008–2013 | Bnei Yehuda | 158 | (65) |
| 2013–2014 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 30 | (7) |
| 2014–2016 | Bnei Yehuda | 60 | (33) |
| 2016–2017 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 8 | (1) |
| 2017 | Bnei Yehuda | 15 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 16 | (2) |
| 2018 | → Hapoel Marmorek (loan) | 17 | (6) |
| 2018–2019 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 7 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Olimpo | 4 | (0) |
| 2021 | Ciudad Bolívar | ||
| 2021–2024 | Balonpie Bolivar | ||
| 2025 | Ciudad Bolívar | 7 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:11, 06 January 2026 (UTC) | |||
Career
Galván started his career in 2003 with Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata. In 2005, he joined San Martín de San Juan. He spent 2007 in Ecuador playing for Olmedo before returning to San Martín.
After San Martín were relegated from the Argentine Primera Galván joined Bnei Yehuda. At the end of the 2012–13 season, Galván joined Maccabi Petah Tikva. On 22 February 2014, he scored his 71st goal in the Israeli Premier League, becoming the league's best scoring foreign player in history, beating former Maccabi Haifa star Đovani Roso.[1]
In the summer of 2014, Galván left Israel for French Ligue 2 side Nîmes.[2] In the end he had to return to play in Israel and signed for Bnei Yehuda and played there for two seasons. When Borak Obramov became the owner of the team, Galv'an said that he is going to leave the club on summer.
In 2025, he returned to Ciudad Bolívar where he would have his second stint with the club. He was part of the team that was promoted to the Federal A in 2021.
Career statistics
- As of 7 August 2014[3]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Toto Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bnei Yehuda | 2008–09 | Israeli Premier League | 30 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 10 |
| 2009–10 | Israeli Premier League | 28 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 42 | 17 | |
| 2010–11 | Israeli Premier League | 29 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 17 | |
| 2011–12 | Israeli Premier League | 37 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 20 | |
| 2012–13 | Israeli Premier League | 34 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 13 | |
| Total | 158 | 65 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 196 | 77 | ||
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2013–14 | Israeli Premier League | 30 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 7 |
| Bnei Yehuda | 2014–15 | Liga Leumit | 31 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 24 |
| Career total | 219 | 94 | 12 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 267 | 108 | ||
