César Luis Menotti

Menotti with the FIFA World Cup Trophy in 1978 as Argentina head coach
Personal information
Full name	César Luis Menotti
Date of birth	(1938-11-05)5 November 1938
Place of birth	Rosario, Argentina
Date of death	5 May 2024(2024-05-05) (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

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.

As a player, he played as a striker for clubs Rosario Central and Boca Juniors.

Menotti died on 5 May 2024, at the age of 85, after being hospitalized in Buenos Aires for a month with anemia.​^[1][2][3]

Boca Juniors

• Primera División: 1965

Santos

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1968
• Intercontinental Supercup: 1968
• Campeonato Paulista: 1968

Argentina

• Copa América third-place: 1963

Huracán

• Primera División: 1973 Metropolitano

Barcelona

• Copa del Rey: 1982–83
• Copa de la Liga: 1983
• Supercopa de España: 1983

Argentina Youth

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1979

Argentina

• FIFA World Cup: 1978

• World Soccer 22nd Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013^[4][5]

Wikimedia 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)