René Pontoni
Personal information | |||
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Full name | René Alejandro Pontoni | ||
Date of birth | 18 May 1920 | ||
Place of birth | Santa Fe, Argentina | ||
Date of death | 14 April 1983 | (aged 62)||
Position(s) |
Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
Gimnasia y Esgrima de Santa Fe | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1940–1944 | Newell's Old Boys | 110 | (67) |
1945–1948 | San Lorenzo | 102 | (66) |
1949–1952 | Independiente Santa Fe | 44 | (27) |
1953 | Portuguesa | ? | (?) |
1954 | San Lorenzo | (see above) | |
International career | |||
1942–1947 | Argentina | 19 | (19) |
Managerial career | |||
1956 – 1957 | Newell's Old Boys | ||
1962 |
San Lorenzo | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2007 |
René Alejandro Pontoni (May 18, 1920, in
Biography
Pontoni started his career with Gimnasia y Esgrima de Santa Fe before joining
In 1944 Pontoni joined
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.
Titles
News Old Boys
- Torneo Cuadrangular Rosario: 1942
- Torneo Internacional Nocturno Rioplatense: 1943
- Copa General Pedro Ramírez runner-up: 1944
San Lorenzo
- Primera División Argentina: 1946
Independiente Santa Fe
- Copa Colombia runner-up: 1950-51
Argentina
- 1947
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, which expanded into a chain, still run by Pontoni's grandson as of 2024[update].[4] Pontoni also had several spells as a football manager in the lower leagues of Argentine football.
References
- ^ rsssf: Copa America 1945, Argentina squad
- ^ rsssf: Copa America 1946, Argentina squad
- ^ rsssf: Copa America 1947, Argentina squad
- ^ "Home page - History section". La Guitarrita (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2024.