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Career & Clubs
Menéndez was born in 1936 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 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.
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- Boca Juniors (1962–1967)
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- Club Atlético River Plate (1954–1960)
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- Club Atlético Huracán (1961–1961)
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- Club Atlético Colón (1968–1968)
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- Defensor Sporting Club (1969–1971)
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- Argentina men's national football team (1957–1958)
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- C.A. Cerro (1969–1969)
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- Argentina
Legacy
River Plate
Argentine Primera División: 1955, 1956, 1957 Boca Juniors
Argentine Primera División: 1962, 1964, 1965 Copa Libertadores runner-up: 1963
Clubs
Played together with
Aaron AnselminoBoca Juniors · 2023–2025
Abel BalboArgentina men's national football team · 1989–1998- Abel BalboBoca Juniors · 2002–2002
- Abel BalboClub Atlético River Plate · 1988–1989
- Adolfino CañeteClub Atlético Colón · 1991–1993
Adolfo PederneraArgentina men's national football team · 1940–1946- Adolfo PederneraClub Atlético Huracán · 1948–1949
- Adolfo PederneraClub Atlético Huracán · 1948–1948
- Adolfo PederneraClub Atlético Huracán · 1954–1955
- Adolfo PederneraClub Atlético Huracán · 1954–1954
- Adolfo PederneraClub Atlético River Plate · 1935–1946
Adolfo ZumelzúArgentina men's national football team · 1927–1930
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Identifiers & aliases
Norberto "Beto" Menéndez was an Argentine footballer who played as an inside forward. 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, won three league championships each, respectively. 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.
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