René Pontoni

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René Pontoni
Personal information
Full name	René Alejandro Pontoni
Date of birth	May 18, 1920 (1920-05-18) (age 88)
Place of birth	Santa Fe, Argentina
Playing position	Striker
Youth clubs
	Gimnasia y Esgrima de Santa Fe
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1940-1944 1945-1948 1949-1952 1953 1954	Newell's Old Boys San Lorenzo Independiente Santa Fe Portuguesa San Lorenzo	110 (67) 102 (66) 044 (27)  ? (?) (see above)
National team
1942-1947	Argentina	19 (19)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 November 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

René Alejandro Pontoni (born May 18, 1920 in Santa Fe, Argentina) 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.

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^[1], 1946^[2] and 1947^[3].

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 Sao Paulo before returning to Argentina for one last season with San Lorenzo in 1954.

[edit] Titles

Season	Team	Title
1945	Argentina	Copa América
1946	San Lorenzo	Primera División Argentina
1946	Argentina	Copa América
1947	Argentina	Copa América

[edit] Later years

Pontoni went on to set up a pizzaria with fellow Argentina player Mario Boyé. He also had several spells as a fotball manager in the lower leagues of Argentine football.

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