Menotti (footballer)
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Menotti de Tomazzo Sobrinho | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 March 1943 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 30 October 2022 (aged 79) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| Palmeiras | |||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1963 | Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Menotti de Tomazzo Sobrinho (15 March 1943 – 30 October 2022) was a Brazilian footballer.[1]
Career
Revealed in the SE Palmeiras youth sector, Menotti played in a few matches for the club. He retired when he was less than 25 years old due to a chronic knee injury.[2][3]
Menotti was also part of the Brazil national team that competed in the 1963 Pan American Games, where the team won the gold medal.[4][5]
References
- ^ "Profile". sambafoot.com. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
- ^ "Que fim levou? Menotti (Ex-ponta-esquerda do Palmeiras)". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ "Jogadores do Palmeiras: Menotti". Verdazzo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ "Medalhistas Brasileiros - São Paulo 1963". Folha de São Paulo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "Seleção Brasileira Restritiva (Brazilian National Restrictive Team) 1952-1963". RSSSF Brazil. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.