César Luis Menotti

César Luis Menotti
Menotti as manager of FC Barcelona in 1983
Personal information
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(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1963 Rosario Central 86 (47)
1964 Racing Club
1965–1966 Boca Juniors 18 (6)
1967–1968 New York Generals 29 (9)
1968 Santos 0
1969–1970 Juventus-SP 8 (2)
International career
1963–1968 Argentina 11 (2)
Managerial career
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
2019–2023 Argentina (director)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Argentina (as manager)
FIFA World Cup
1978 Argentina
FIFA U-20 World Cup
1979 Japan
*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.

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.

During Menotti's tenure as manager of the Argentina national team (from 1974 to 1982), he carried out a project that differed from previous processes, bringing him to be recognised as one of the most influential managers in the history of Argentine football.