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César Rodríguez Álvarez
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Spanish footballer (1920-1995)
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It is catalogued under topics including 1920 births, 1950 FIFA World Cup players and 1995 deaths.
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Key facts
- 1955
- → España Industrial (loan)
- 1967
- Betis
- 1971
- Hércules (caretaker)
- Full name
- César Rodríguez Álvarez
- Date of birth
- ( 1920-07-06 ) 6 July 1920
- Place of birth
- León , Spain
- Date of death
- 1 March 1995 (1995-03-01) (aged 74)
- Place of death
- Barcelona , Spain
- Height
- 1.72 m (5 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in)
- Position
- Forward
- Years
- Team
- 1939 1955
- Barcelona
- 1940 1942
- → Granada (loan)
- 1955 1956
- Cultural Leonesa
- 1956 1957
- Perpignan
- 1957 1960
- Elche
- 1943 1954
- Catalan XI
- 1945 1952
- Spain
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- César
- Family name
- Rodríguez
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- León
- Place of death
- Barcelona
- Sibling
- Ricardo Rodríguez Álvarez
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Participant in
- 1950 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Real Betis Balompié
- Position played
- forward
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- date of birth
- 1920-06-29
- date of death
- 1995-03-01
- coach of sports team
- Real Betis Balompié
- start of work period
- 1939-12-03
- different from
- César Rodríguez
- name in native language
- César Rodríguez
- Commons category
- César Rodríguez
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Encyclopedic overview
César Rodríguez Álvarez (6 July 1920 – 1 March 1995), sometimes known as just César, was a Spanish football forward and manager.
During his career, which spanned more than two decades, he played mainly for Barcelona, appearing in 351 official matches and scoring 232 goals (previously counted as 235), making him the highest goalscorer in the club's history for several decades, until he was passed by Lionel Messi. He won five La Liga championships with the team in a total of 13 major trophies, and was renowned for his ability to score from corners.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “César Rodríguez Álvarez” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.