Cayetano Ré

Cayetano Ré
Personal information
Full name	Cayetano Ré Ramírez
Date of birth	7 February 1938
Place of birth	Asunción, Paraguay
Date of death	26 November 2013 (aged 75)
Place of death	Elche, Valencia, Spain
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1958–1959	Cerro Porteño
1959–1962	Elche
1962–1966	Barcelona
1966–1971	Espanyol
1971–1972	Terrassa
International career
1958–1959	Paraguay
Managerial career
1973–1974	Eldense
1974–1975	Almería
1975–1978	Eldense
1978–1980	Onteniente
1981–1982	Córdoba
1983–1984	Elche
1984	Guaraní
1985	Cerro Porteño
1985–1987	Paraguay
1987–1988	Necaxa
1989	Betis
1992	Deportes Temuco
1994	Deportivo Wanka
1996	Cerro Porteño
1999	Ceuta
2000	Guaraní
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cayetano Ré Ramírez (7 February 1938 – 26 November 2013) was a Paraguayan professional football player and manager.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Career

Club

A forward, Ré began his career in Asunción, playing for Cerro Porteño before signing for Spanish side Elche CF in 1959. After three seasons with Elche, Ré was signed by FC Barcelona where he spent the best years of his career, especially in the 1964–65 season in which he scored 26 goals and won the Pichichi Trophy (awarded to the top scorer of the league). After playing for four years in Barcelona (where he scored 90 goals in total) he moved to RCD Espanyol.

International

Ré also played for the Paraguay national team (25 caps), most importantly in the 1958 FIFA World Cup.^[5]

Coach

After retiring from football, Ré became a football coach. His best coaching job was leading the Paraguay national team to the knock-out stage in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.