César Luis Menotti
Argentine footballer and manager (1938–2024)
César Luis Menotti (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsesaɾ ˈlwis meˈnoti]; 5 November 1938 – 5 May 2024), known as El Flaco ("Slim"), was an Argentine former football manager and player. He won the 1978 FIFA World Cup as the head coach of Argentina.
![]() Menotti with the FIFA World Cup Trophy in 1978 as Argentina head coach | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | César Luis Menotti | ||
Date of birth | 5 November 1938 | ||
Place of birth | Rosario, Argentina | ||
Date of death | 5 May 2024 | (aged 85)||
Place of death | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Argentina (director) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1960–1963 | Rosario Central | 86 | (47) |
1964 | Racing Club | ||
1965–1966 | Boca Juniors | 18 | (6) |
1967 | New York Generals | ||
1968 | Santos | 1 | (0) |
1969–1970 | Clube Atlético Juventus | ||
National team | |||
1963–1968 | Argentina | 11 | (2) |
Teams managed | |||
1970 | Newell's Old Boys | ||
1971–1974 | Huracán | ||
1974–1983 | Argentina | ||
1978–1979 | Argentina U20 | ||
1983–1984 | Barcelona | ||
1986–1987 | Boca Juniors | ||
1987–1988 | Atlético Madrid | ||
1989 | River Plate | ||
1990–1991 | Peñarol | ||
1991–1992 | Mexico | ||
1993–1994 | Boca Juniors | ||
1996–1997 | Independiente | ||
1997 | Sampdoria | ||
1997–1999 | Independiente | ||
2002 | Rosario Central | ||
2005 | Independiente | ||
2006 | Puebla | ||
2007 | Tecos | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
As a player, he played as a striker for clubs Rosario Central and Boca Juniors.
Death
changeMenotti died on 5 May 2024, at the age of 85, after being hospitalized in Buenos Aires for a month with anemia.[1][2][3]
Honours
changePlayer
changeBoca Juniors
Santos
Argentina
- Copa América third-place: 1963
Manager
changeHuracán
Barcelona
Argentina Youth
Argentina
Individual
changeReferences
change- ↑ "La salud de Menotti hoy: fue operado y sigue internado - TyC Sports". www.tycsports.com (in Spanish). 3 April 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ↑ "Muere César Luis Menotti, exentrenador del Barcelona y de la Argentina campeona del mundo en 1978". El País (in Spanish). 5 May 2024.
- ↑ "Cesar Luis Menotti, football romantic who led Argentina to first World Cup". France 24. 5 May 2024.
- ↑ Jamie Rainbow (4 July 2013). "The Greatest Manager of all time". World Soccer.
- ↑ Jamie Rainbow (2 July 2013). "The Greatest XI: how the panel voted". World Soccer. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
Other websites
changeWikimedia Commons has media related to César Luis Menotti.
- Todo-Argentina biography (in Spanish)
- Full Spanish language electronic text of "El DT del Proceso", a book strongly critical of Menotti's ethics and his links to the military regime (in Spanish)
- Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 October 2007) (in Spanish)