Norberto Menéndez

Norberto Beto Menéndez

Personal information
Full name	Norberto Menéndez
Date of birth	14 December 1936
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death	26 May 1994 (aged 57)
Place of death	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing position	Inside-forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1954–1960	River Plate	124	(57)
1961	Huracán	16	(8)
1962–1967	Boca Juniors	98	(21)
1968	Colón de Santa Fe	12	(1)
1969–1971	Defensor
National team
1957–1958	Argentina[1]	14	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of Jun 2009. † Appearances (Goals).

Norberto Menéndez (14 December 1936 - 26 May 1994) was a former Argentine football striker. He was born on 1936 in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He played for the Argentina national football team on the 1958 World Cup at Sweden, where he scored once against Northern Ireland, adding to the 3-1 only Argentine victory in that tournament. Menéndez won six Primera Division Argentina titles during his career. He has the distinction of being the footballer who, having played for the two giants of the Argentine league (Boca Juniors and River Plate), won three league championships with each of them.^[2] He was also the first player of Argentina's National Team to have scored a goal at the qualification standings of a World Cup.^[1]

Club career

Menéndez started his playing career with River Plate in 1954, where he composed a famous couple of strikers along with Enríque Omar Sívori, winning three consecutive championships (1955–1956–1957). In 1961 he moved to Huracán, with little success. He signed for River's arch rivals Boca Juniors in 1962, where he played 123 matches and scored 31 goals in all competitions and won the leagues of 1962, 1964 and 1965. In 1968 Menéndez moved to Colón de Santa Fe, and ended his career playing for Defensor of Uruguay.^[2]

Club titles

Season	Club	Title
1955	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1956	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1957	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1962	Boca Juniors	Primera División Argentina
1964	Boca Juniors	Primera División Argentina
1965	Boca Juniors	Primera División Argentina

References

1. ^ ^{a b} (Spanish) Beto Menéndez, todo un grande
2. ^ ^{a b} (Spanish) Statistics at Historia de Boca

External links

• (Spanish) Beto Menéndez, todo un grande
• FIFA player statistics: Norberto Menéndez

Persondata
Name	Menendez, Norberto
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	14 December 1936
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death	26 May 1994
Place of death	Buenos Aires, Argentina