Background
Cesarini was born in Senigallia, near Ancona, in the Italian region of Marche, but when he was only a few months old he and his family emigrated to Buenos Aires, in Argentina.
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Renato Cesarini
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He was a dual international football player and played both for Argentina and Italy. In his early career he played for several clubs around the Buenos Aires area, during the amateur era in Argentine football, most notably Chacarita Juniors. Cesarini was signed by Italian giants Juventus in 1929, he made his debut against South.S.C. Napoli on 23 March 1930: the game ended in a 2–2 draw.
The team was coached by the Hungarian Emerico Hirschel who had a big influence on Cesarini and his teammate Carlos Peucelle which would be put to use in the 1940s as they took charge at the club
After retiring as a player, Cesarini went on to become a football manager. He coached a number of clubs in Argentina including both Boca Juniors and River Plate.
With River he coached one of the greatest teams of all time. The forward line of Moreno, Pedernera, Munoz, Labruna and Lousteau is considered to this day to be the greatest seen in South America.
He returned to Italy to coach Juventus where he led a team including Sivori, Charles and Boniperti to Serie A success.
In the mid sixties he started the underage club of Pumas today one of the top clubs in Mexico. Between 1968 and 1969, he coached the Argentina national team 1930-1931 Serie A (Juventus) The Italian expression zona Cesarini (Cesarini zone also known as Montesacro zone) was originated as a reference to Renato Cesarini, who often scored decisive goals during the last minutes of the match (the best example being the Italy 3–2 Hungary match of 13 December 1931 at Stadio Filadelfia of Turin).
This expression is still in use today in Italian football and it designates a goal that is scored in the final minutes of a match, namely in zona Cesarini.
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Cesarini has a football club and training academy in Argentina named in his honour, it was founded in 1978 by former members of the Argentina national team
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Argentina Italy