César Luis Menotti

**César Luis Menotti** (; 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.

## Death

Menotti died on 5 May 2024, at the age of 85, after being hospitalized in Buenos Aires for a month with anemia.

### Player

**Boca Juniors**
- Primera División: 1965

**Santos**
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1968
- Intercontinental Supercup: 1968
- Campeonato Paulista: 1968

**Argentina**
- Copa América third-place: 1963

### Manager

**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

### Individual

- World Soccer 22nd Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013

## Other websites

- Todo-Argentina biography
- 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

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: César Luis Menotti
- **image**: Menotti world cup.jpg
- **caption**: Menotti with the FIFA World Cup Trophy in 1978 as Argentina national football team, Argentina head coach
- **fullname**: César Luis Menotti
- **birth place**: Rosario, Santa Fe, Rosario, Argentina
- **death place**: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- **currentclub**: Argentina national football team, Argentina (director)
- **position**: Forward (association football)#Striker, Striker
- **years1**: 1960–1963
- **clubs1**: Rosario Central
- **caps1**: 86
- **goals1**: 47
- **years2**: 1964
- **clubs2**: Racing Club de Avellaneda, Racing Club
- **years3**: 1965–1966
- **clubs3**: Boca Juniors
- **caps3**: 18
- **goals3**: 6
- **years4**: 1967
- **clubs4**: New York Generals
- **years5**: 1968
- **clubs5**: Santos FC, Santos
- **caps5**: 1
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 1969–1970
- **clubs6**: Clube Atlético Juventus
- **nationalyears1**: 1963–1968
- **nationalcaps1**: 11
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalteam1**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **manageryears1**: 1970
- **managerclubs1**: Newell's Old Boys
- **manageryears2**: 1971–1974
- **managerclubs2**: Club Atlético Huracán, Huracán
- **manageryears3**: 1974–1983
- **managerclubs3**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **manageryears4**: 1978–1979
- **managerclubs4**: Argentina national under-20 football team, Argentina U20
- **manageryears5**: 1983–1984
- **managerclubs5**: FC Barcelona, Barcelona
- **manageryears6**: 1986–1987
- **managerclubs6**: Boca Juniors
- **manageryears7**: 1987–1988
- **managerclubs7**: Atlético Madrid
- **manageryears8**: 1989
- **managerclubs8**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **manageryears9**: 1990–1991
- **managerclubs9**: Peñarol
- **manageryears10**: 1991–1992
- **managerclubs10**: Mexico national football team, Mexico
- **manageryears11**: 1993–1994
- **managerclubs11**: Boca Juniors
- **manageryears12**: 1996–1997
- **managerclubs12**: Club Atlético Independiente, Independiente
- **manageryears13**: 1997
- **managerclubs13**: U.C. Sampdoria, Sampdoria
- **manageryears14**: 1997–1999
- **managerclubs14**: Club Atlético Independiente, Independiente
- **manageryears15**: 2002
- **managerclubs15**: Rosario Central
- **manageryears16**: 2005
- **managerclubs16**: Club Atlético Independiente, Independiente
- **manageryears17**: 2006
- **managerclubs17**: Club Puebla, Puebla
- **manageryears18**: 2007
- **managerclubs18**: Tecos F.C., Tecos