Néstor Togneri
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Néstor Rubén Togneri was an Argentine
Argentina
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 footballer
Football (soccer)
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He played mostly for Estudiantes de La Plata
Estudiantes de La Plata
Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....

 (1968–1975) as a central defender or defensive midfielder, and was part of the 1974 FIFA World Cup
1974 FIFA World Cup
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 Argentina national football team
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. Togneri also played for Club Atlético Platense
Club Atlético Platense
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 between 1957 (when he made his debut in the junior team) and 1967 and for Club Atlético Quilmes in 1976, where he retired from football.

During his time with Estudiantes the club enjoyed the most successful period in their history. Togneri was part of the team that won three Copa Libertadores, one Copa Intercontinental
Intercontinental Cup (football)
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 and one Copa Interamericana
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Togneri died in San Martín
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, Buenos Aires province
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, at the age of 57.

Titles

Season Team Title
Metropolitano 1967   Estudiantes
Estudiantes de La Plata
Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....

Primera División Argentina
Primera División Argentina
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1968   Estudiantes
Estudiantes de La Plata
Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....

Copa Libertadores
1968   Estudiantes
Estudiantes de La Plata
Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....

Copa Intercontinental
Intercontinental Cup (football)
The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the World Club Championship, Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores...

1969   Estudiantes
Estudiantes de La Plata
Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....

Copa Libertadores
1970   Estudiantes
Estudiantes de La Plata
Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....

Copa Libertadores
1968   Estudiantes
Estudiantes de La Plata
Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....

Copa Interamericana
Copa Interamericana
Copa Interamericana was a football trophy contested between the champions of CONMEBOL's Copa Libertadores de América and the winners of CONCACAF's Champions' Cup...

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