Agustín Mario Cejas (22 March 1945 – 14 August 2015) was an Argentine
football
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goalkeeper. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina and
Brazil
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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
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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
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where he played in the same team as
Pelé
Edson Arantes do Nascimento (; 23 October 1940 – 29 December 2022), better known by his nickname Pelé (), was a Brazilian professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Widely reg ...
. In 1973, Cejas helped Santos to win the
Campeonato Paulista
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and received the prestigious
Bola de Ouro
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as the best player in Brazil.
Cejas returned to Argentina in 1975 for a brief spell with
Club Atlético Huracán
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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
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.
Agustín Cejas died of
Alzheimer's disease
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on 14 August 2015.
"Falleció Agustín Mario Cejas, una gloria de Racing"
Infobae, 14 August 2015
Titles
; Racing Club de Avellaneda, Racing Club
*Argentine Primera División
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: 1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
*Copa Libertadores
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: 1967
Events January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...
* Copa Intercontinental: 1967
Events January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...
* Intercontinental Champions' Supercup runner-up: 1969
; Santos FC, Santos
*Campeonato Paulista
The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF), ...
: 1973
Events January
* January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
; River Plate
*Argentine Primera División
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: 1981 Nacional
; Argentina Youth
*CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament
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...
: 1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...
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2015 deaths
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