Rubén Pagnanini

Rubén Pagnanini

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Personal information
Full name	Rubén Oscar Pagnanini
Date of birth	(1949-01-31) January 31, 1949
Place of birth	San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina
Position(s)	Right back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1968–1977	Estudiantes	329	(22)
1977–1979	Independiente	70	(2)
1980	Argentinos Juniors	2	(0)
1981	Minnesota Kicks	13	(0)
International career
	Argentina	?	(?)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 25, 2007

Rubén Oscar Pagnanini (born 31 January 1949 in San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentine former football (soccer) player who played for the Argentina national team.

He played for Estudiantes de La Plata, Club Atlético Independiente, Argentinos Juniors and Minnesota Kicks. His greatest achievements at club level were winning the Nacional championships of 1977 and 1978 with Independiente.

Pagnanini was part of the 1978 Argentine national football team that won that year's World Cup, though he didn't play in any match during that tournament.

His nickname was el gato ('the cat').

In 2007 he worked as the coach of La Emilia, a club playing in the Torneo Argentino B league (4th division).

Titles

Season	Club	Title
1977 Nacional	Independiente	Primera División Argentina
1978 Nacional	Independiente	Primera División Argentina
1978	Argentina	FIFA World Cup