Felipe Mesones Temperán (9 February 1936 – 15 December 2017) was an Argentine
football right winger
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and
coach
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Playing career
Born in
Buenos Aires
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, Mesones spent the vast majority of his career in Spain, representing
Real Murcia
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,
Levante UD,
CE L'Hospitalet
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and
CE Europa
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, with all clubs competing in the
Segunda División
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. In his native country he appeared for
Boca Juniors,
San Lorenzo de Almagro
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and
Club Atlético Atlanta
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, and also had a stint at
Independiente Santa Fe in Colombia.
Mesones retired at the end of the
1966–67 season while in service of
Catalonia
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-based Europa, eventually amassing totals of 124 games and 16 goals in the second division.
Coaching career
As a manager, Mesones worked in the Spanish
La Liga
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for nine campaigns, adding another 15 in the second tier. On 27 April 1980, whilst at the helm of
UD Salamanca
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, he was involved in a
match fixing incident also involving
Málaga CF which resulted in a two-year ban for himself and opposing players
Raúl Castronovo and Julio Orozco.
In late January 2000, training with his club
Granada CF
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, the 64-year-old Mesones suffered a
heart attack
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and was admitted to
intensive care unit
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. His last spell consisted of nine games with
Cartagonova FC, in
Segunda División B.
Death
Mesones died on 15 December 2017 at the age of 81 in
Murcia
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, after a long battle with illness.
Luto en el fútbol regional por la muerte de Felipe Mesones (Mourning in regional football for the death of Felipe Mesones)
La Verdad, 15 December 2017 (in Spanish)
References
External links
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1936 births
2017 deaths
Argentine men's footballers
Footballers from Buenos Aires
Men's association football wingers
Argentine Primera División players
Boca Juniors footballers
San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
Club Atlético Atlanta footballers
CategorÃa Primera A players
Independiente Santa Fe footballers
Segunda División players
Real Murcia CF players
Levante UD footballers
CE L'Hospitalet players
CE Europa footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Colombia
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Argentine football managers
La Liga managers
Segunda División managers
Segunda División B managers
Real Murcia CF managers
CD Tenerife managers
Elche CF managers
Hércules CF managers
UD Salamanca managers
Real Valladolid managers
Granada CF managers
Real Betis managers
Xerez CD managers
Argentine expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Spain