Pedro Galván (footballer)

Pedro Galván
Galván playing for Bnei Yehuda in 2015
Personal information
Full name Pedro Joaquín Galván
Date of birth (1985-08-18) 18 August 1985 (age 40)
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)
2018Hapoel 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)

Pedro Joaquín Galván (born 18 August 1985) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. He is currently without a team.


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]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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

Honours

Bnei Yehud

Ciudad Bolívar

References

  1. ^ "צפו בגלבאן עובר את ג'ובאני רוסו בטבלת הכובשים". 23 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Pedro Joaquín Galván rejoint les crocos" (in French). Nîmes Olympique. 27 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  3. ^ "One - מספר 1 בספורט".