Juan Lezcano

Juan Vicente Lezcano López 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 (footballer)|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.
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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.
Lezcano died on 6 February 2012, at the age of 74.