Felipe Mesones Temperán (9 February 1936 – 15 December 2017) was an Argentine football

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and

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Playing career

Born in

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, Mesones spent the vast majority of his career in Spain, representing

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, Levante UD,

CE L'Hospitalet Centre d'Esports l'Hospitalet is a Spanish football team based in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1957 it currently plays in Tercera División RFEF - Group 5, holding home games at Estadi Municipa ...

and

CE Europa Club Esportiu Europa is a Spanish football team based in the city of Barcelona in the district of Gràcia, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1907, it plays in the Segunda División RFEF – Group 3, holding home games at '' No ...

, with all clubs competing in the

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. In his native country he appeared for Boca Juniors,

San Lorenzo de Almagro Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro, commonly known as San Lorenzo de Almagro or simply San Lorenzo (in English: ''Saint Lawrence''), is a sports club of Argentina in the Boedo district of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its football team ...

and

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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

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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

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for nine campaigns, adding another 15 in the second tier. On 27 April 1980, whilst at the helm of

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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 Granada Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. (), known simply as Granada, is a Spanish football club based in the city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, that plays in the Segunda División, after being relegated from La Liga in the 2021� ...

, the 64-year-old Mesones suffered a

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and was admitted to

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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

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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)

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