Menotti (footballer)
Brazilian footballer
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Menotti de Tomazzo Sobrinho (15 March 1943 – 30 October 2022) was a Brazilian footballer.[1]
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)
| 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 | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| Palmeiras | |||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1963 | Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
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]
