César Luis Menotti

To me, César Luis Menotti is far more than the coach who handed Argentina its first World Cup in 1978. "El Flaco" mattered because he insisted you could win beautifully, defending attacking, joyful football in an era obsessed with results at any cost. His own years as a striker for Rosario Central and Boca Juniors clearly seeded that philosophy. When he passed in 2024, the football world lost one of its great romantics, but his ideas keep lighting fires in coaches everywhere. I'll always side with the Menotti school: the scoreboard matters, yet how you fill it matters just as much.

Name (English)

César Luis Menotti

Name (Japanese)

セサル・ルイス・メノッティ

Reading

せさる・るいす・めのってぃ

Born

November 5, 1938 – May 5, 2024

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Tiger

Origin

Rosario, Rosario Department, Argentina

Blood type

Private

Height

188 cm

Agency

Private

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Private

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%8E%E3%83%83%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3

Tags

• Rosario Department
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-24

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.