Norberto Menéndez

Beto Menéndez
	Menéndez in 1961
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
Position(s)	Inside-forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1954–1960	River Plate
1961	Huracán
1962–1967	Boca Juniors
1968	Colón de Santa Fe
1969–1971	Defensor
International career
1957–1958	Argentina
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of Jun 2009

Norberto "Beto" Menéndez (14 December 1936 – 26 May 1994) was an Argentine footballer striker. He was born in 1936 in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He scored one goal for the Argentina national team at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, against Northern Ireland, adding to Argentina's only victory in the tournament, 3–1. Menéndez won six Primera Division Argentina titles during his career. He has the distinction of being the only footballer who, having played for the two giants of the Argentine league (Boca Juniors and River Plate), won three league championships each, respectively.^[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, on 13 October 1957 against Chile.^[1]

Club career edit

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 archrivals 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]