Néstor Gonçalves

Néstor Goncálvez
Personal information
Full name Néstor Goncálvez Martinicorena
Date of birth (1936-04-27)27 April 1936
Place of birth Cabellos, Artigas, Uruguay
Date of death 29 December 2016(2016-12-29) (aged 80)
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–1970 Peñarol 574 (30)
International career
1957–1968 Uruguay 50 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Néstor Goncálvez Martinicorena (27 April 1936 – 29 December 2016) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a midfielder for Uruguay in the 1962 and 1966 FIFA World Cups. He mainly played for C.A. Peñarol and is considered to have been one of the best South American midfielders of the 1960s.

Born in Cabellos, Artigas, Gonçalvez began his career playing football for Salto from 1953 to 1956. In 1957, he joined Peñarol, where he played until 1970.