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César Luis Menotti

1938 - 2024

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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. Menotti played as a striker, most notably for Argentine clubs Rosario Central and Boca Juniors. As a manager, he won three cups with Barcelona and also led Atlético Madrid in La Liga in the 1980s, as well as leading Superclásico rivals Boca Juniors and River Plate. He was briefly the manager of Mexico and Italian Serie A club Sampdoria in the 1990s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. César Luis Menotti is the 123rd most popular soccer player (down from 115th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 32nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Argentinean Soccer Player.

César Luís Menotti is a former Argentine football player and manager. He is most famous for his time as manager of the Argentina national football team in 1978, when he led them to win the World Cup.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, César Luis Menotti ranks 123 out of 21,273. Before him are Lee Yoo-hyung, Tony Adams, Alcides Ghiggia, Mohamed Salah, Kakuichi Mimura, and José Nasazzi. After him are Colin Bell, Dragan Džajić, Sandro Mazzola, José Altafini, Andrés Escobar, and Lucien Laurent.

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Among people born in 1938, César Luis Menotti ranks 49. Before him are Marina Vlady, Diana Rigg, Jean Seberg, Donald Knuth, Alpha Condé, and Gary Gygax. After him are José Altafini, Otto Rehhagel, Viktor Chernomyrdin, Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld, Kenny Rogers, and Robert Nozick. Among people deceased in 2024, César Luis Menotti ranks 48. Before him are Alexei Navalny, Tsung-Dao Lee, Melanie, Frank Farian, Roberto Cavalli, and Sebastián Piñera. After him are Rik Van Looy, Robin Warren, Ismail Haniyeh, Niklaus Wirth, Shelley Duvall, and Kris Kristofferson.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, César Luis Menotti ranks 29 out of 1,154. Before him are Leopoldo Galtieri (1926), Gabriel Batistuta (1969), Helenio Herrera (1910), Guillermo Stábile (1905), Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (1931), and Mercedes Sosa (1935). After him are Raúl Alfonsín (1927), Daniel Passarella (1953), Leonardo Sandri (1943), Richard Walther Darré (1895), Queen Máxima of the Netherlands (1971), and Carlos Reutemann (1942).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Argentina

Among soccer players born in Argentina, César Luis Menotti ranks 9. Before him are Lionel Messi (1987), Omar Sívori (1935), Mario Kempes (1954), Gabriel Batistuta (1969), Helenio Herrera (1910), and Guillermo Stábile (1905). After him are Daniel Passarella (1953), Hernán Crespo (1975), Luis Monti (1901), Javier Zanetti (1973), Francisco Varallo (1910), and Luis Galván (1948).

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