Agustín Cejas
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Cejas in 1970.
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| Full name | Agustín Mario Cejas | ||
| Date of birth | 22 March 1945 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
| Place of death | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1959–1962 | Racing Club | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1969 | Racing Club | 313 (total) | (0) |
| 1970–1975 | Santos | ? | (?) |
| 1975 | Huracán | 50 | (0) |
| 1975–1976 | Grêmio | ? | (?) |
| 1977–1980 | Racing Club | (see above) | |
| 1981 | River Plate | 9 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1964 | Argentina | ? | (?) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 2007 | |||
Agustín Mario Cejas (22 March 1945 – 14 August 2015) was an Argentine football goalkeeper. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina and Brazil and has the all-time record number of appearances for Racing Club de Avellaneda.
Cejas joined the Racing Club youth team in 1959 at the age of 13. He made his first team debut in 1962 at the age of 17. In 1966, he helped Racing Club to win the Argentine Primera. The following year Racing won the Copa Libertadores 1967 to become Libertadores champions of South America for the only time in the club's history. They followed this up by beating Celtic F.C. in the Copa Intercontinental to become the first Argentine club champions of the world.
In 1970, Cejas joined Santos in Brazil where he played in the same team as Pelé. In 1973, Cejas helped Santos to win the Campeonato Paulista and received the prestigious Bola de Ouro as the best player in Brazil.
Cejas returned to Argentina in 1975 for a brief spell with Club Atlético Huracán before going back to Brazil to join Grêmio.
In 1977, Cejas returned to Racing Club where he played until 1980. By the end of his second period with the club he had set a club record of 313 appearances. He then had a short spell with River Plate where he was part of the squad that won the Nacional in 1981.
Cejas played for Argentina at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1]
Agustín Cejas died of Alzheimer's disease on 14 August 2015.[2][3]
Titles
| Season | Team | Title |
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| 1966 |  Racing Club |
Primera División Argentina |
| 1967 | Racing Club |
Copa Libertadores |
| 1967 | Racing Club |
Copa Intercontinental |
| 1973 |  Santos |
Campeonato Paulista |
| Nacional | River Plate |
Primera División Argentina |
References
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- Fútbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived January 15, 2008) (Spanish)
- Interview with Olé (Spanish)
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ "Murió Agustín Cejas, gloria del Racing campeón del mundo", Clarín, 14 Aug 2015
- ↑ "Falleció Agustín Mario Cejas, una gloria de Racing", Infobae, 14 Aug 2015
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- 1945 births
- 2015 deaths
- Sportspeople from Buenos Aires
- Argentine footballers
- Argentina international footballers
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
- Santos Futebol Clube players
- Huracán footballers
- Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players
- River Plate footballers
- Olympic footballers of Argentina
- Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Expatriate footballers in Brazil
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Deaths from Alzheimer's disease
