Full name Renato Cesarini Name Renato Cesarini Role Football player | Years Team Spouse Yuki Namba 192?–1925 Borgata Palermo | |
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Date of birth (1906-04-11)11 April 1906 Date of death 24 March 1969(1969-03-24) (aged 62) People also search for Yuki Namba, Alexander, Enrique Kossi | ||
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Renato Cesarini ([reˈnato tʃezaˈrini]; 11 April 1906 – 24 March 1969) was an Italian Argentine football player and coach, who also played for Juventus in Italy as midfielder or as a forward. He was a dual international footballer and played both for Argentina and Italy.
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Playing career
Cesarini was born in Senigallia, near Ancona, in the Italian region of Marche, but when he was only a few months old he and his family emigrated to Buenos Aires, in Argentina.
In his early career he played for several clubs around the Buenos Aires area, during the amateur era in Argentine football, most notably Chacarita Juniors.
Cesarini was signed by Italian giants Juventus in 1929, he made his debut against S.S.C. Napoli on 23 March 1930: the game ended in a 2–2 draw. He went on to win five league championships in a row with the club.
In 1936 he returned to the professionalised Argentine league where he won two championships with River Plate.This excellent River Plate team included two young players who would become legends of the game Adolfo Pedernera and José Manuel Moreno. The team was coached by the Hungarian Emerico Hirschel who had a big influence on Cesarini and his teammate Carlos Peucelle which would be put to use in the 1940s as they took charge at the club.
Managerial career
After retiring as a player, Cesarini went on to become a football manager. He coached a number of clubs in Argentina including both Boca Juniors and River Plate. With River he coached one of the greatest teams of all time. From 1941 to 1947 this River Plate team achieved legendary status.Cesarini was coach from 1941 to 1944 when the level of football was such that they became known as La Maquina (The Machine). The forward line of Moreno, Pedernera, Munoz, Labruna and Lousteau is considered to this day to be the greatest seen in South America. River won Argentine league titles in 1941, and 1942 under La Biblia del fútbol as Cesarini became known for his authority on all matters pertaining to the sport. He returned to Italy to coach Juventus where he led a team including Sivori, Charles and Boniperti to Serie A success. In the mid sixties he started the underage club of Pumas today one of the top clubs in Mexico. Between 1968 and 1969, he coached the Argentina national team.