César Luis Menotti

Also known as Cesar Luis Menotti, Cesar Menotti

Argentine footballer and manager (1938–2024)

OverviewAI-generated

César Luis Menotti was an Argentine association football player and coach. Born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, he played as a forward for clubs including Boca Juniors, New York Generals, Racing Club, and Clube Atlético Juventus. He also competed in the North American Soccer League.

Menotti served as a coach for FC Barcelona. He spoke Spanish and was active in his profession from 1960 until 2024. He died of stomach cancer in Buenos Aires on May 5, 2024. His death was classified as natural causes.

Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, TMDb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Film & TV

Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

César Luis Menotti (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsesaɾ ˈlwis meˈnoti]; born 5 November 1938), known as El Flaco ("Slim"), is an Argentine former football manager and player who won the 1978 FIFA World Cup as the head coach of the Argentina national team. During his playing days, he played as a striker, most notably for Argentine clubs Rosario Central and Boca Juniors. Menotti was appointed the head…

Known for

Argentina '78 — Self2024
Argentine National Team, Road to Qatar — Self2022
Buscando a Panzeri — Self - Coach (archive footage)2020
Pele, Argentina and The Dictators — Arşiv2018
Messi — Self2014
Looking for Buenos Aires — Self2012
Pelé Forever — Self2004
'78 Cup - The Power of Football — Self1979
La fiesta de todos1979
Yo soy el gol1977

via TMDB

Key facts

1964: Racing Club
1968: Santos
1970: Newell's Old Boys
1989: River Plate
1997: Sampdoria
2002: Rosario Central
2005: Independiente
Date of birth: ( 1938-10-22 ) 22 October 1938
Place of birth: Rosario , Argentina
Date of death: 5 May 2024 (2024-05-05) (aged 85)
Place of death: Buenos Aires , Argentina
Height: 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position: Striker
Years: Team
1960 1963: Rosario Central
1965 1966: Boca Juniors
1967 1968: New York Generals
1969 1970: Juventus-SP

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Argentina
Place of birth: Rosario
Place of death: Buenos Aires
Occupation: association football coach
Languages spoken: Spanish
Sport: association football
Member of team: Club Atlético Rosario Central
Position played: forward
League: North American Soccer League
Country for sport: Argentina
Image: Cesar menotti in 1983.jpg
Height: 188

Show 9 more facts

Commons category: César Luis Menotti
date of birth: 1938-11-05
coach of sports team: FC Barcelona
start of work period: 1960-00-00
date of death: 2024-05-05
cause of death: stomach cancer
end of work period: 2024-00-00
name in native language: César Luis Menotti
manner of death: natural causes

Sources (4)

via Wikidata · CC0

~12 min read

Encyclopedic overview

* Club domestic league appearances and goals

César Luis Menotti ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsesaɾ ˈlwis meˈnoti]; 22 October 1938 – 5 May 2024), known as El Flaco ("Slim"), was an Argentine football player and manager who won the 1978 FIFA World Cup as the head coach of the Argentina national team.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “César Luis Menotti” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.