Full name Rene Alejandro Pontoni Name Rene Pontoni Role Footballer | Years Team 1940-1944 Newell\'s Old Boys | |
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Date of birth (1920-05-18)18 May 1920 Date of death 14 April 1983(1983-04-14) (aged 62) Died May 14, 1983, Santa Fe, Argentina | ||
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René Alejandro Pontoni (born May 18, 1920 in Santa Fe, Argentina, died May 14, 1983) is a former Argentine footballer. He played club football in Argentina, Colombia and Brazil as well as representing the Argentina national football team on 19 occasions.
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- Lorenzo galliani ren pontoni il calciatore preferito di papa bergoglio
- hablemos de san lorenzo entrevista a lorenzo galliani autor del libro ren pontoni
- Biography
- Later years
- References
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Biography
Pontoni started his career with Gimnasia y Esgrima de Santa Fe before joining Newell's Old Boys in 1940. Pontoni made his debut for the Argentina national team in 1942. He went on to score 19 goals in 19 games for his country, helping them to become South American champions in 1945, 1946 and 1947.
In 1944 Pontoni joined San Lorenzo where he helped the team to win the Primera División in 1946. In 1948 he suffered a career threatening injury but he recovered, moving to Colombia in 1949 to play for Independiente Santa Fe where he remained until 1952.
In 1953 Pontoni moved to Brazil, where he spent one season with Portuguesa in São Paulo before returning to Argentina for one last season with San Lorenzo in 1954.
Later years
In 1963 former Boca Juniors player Mario Boyé and former San Lorenzo de Almagro player René Pontoni, brothers-in-law who had both been members of Argentine national teams, set up a pizzería in Belgrano, Buenos Aires, La Guitarrita, still run by Pontoni's grandson as of 2014. Pontoni also had several spells as a football manager in the lower leagues of Argentine football.