What is José María Minella?
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = José María Minella | image = Jose Maria Minella.jpg | caption = Minella in 1937 | fullname = | height = | birth_date = 9 August 1909 | birth_place = [[Mar del Plata]], Argentina | death_date = 13 August 1981 (aged 72) | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = [[Midfielder]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Independiente (Mar del Plata) | years1 = 1928–1935 | years2 = 1935–1942 | years3 = 1942–1944 | years4 = 1944 | clubs1 = [[Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata|Gimnasia La Plata]] | clubs2 = [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]] | clubs3 = [[Peñarol]] | clubs4 = [[C.D. Green Cross|Green Cross]] | caps1 = 132 | goals1 = 11 | caps2 = 157 | goals2 = 5 | caps3 = 55 | goals3 = 2 | caps4 = 17 | goals4 = 4 | totalcaps = 361 | totalgoals = 22 | nationalyears1 = 1933–1941 | nationalteam1 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] | nationalcaps1 = 24 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|Argentina}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Copa América]]}} {{Medal|RU|[[1935 South American Championship|1935 Peru]]|}} {{Medal|W|[[1937 South American Championship|1937 Argentina]]|}} {{Medal|W|[[1941 South American Championship|1941 Chile]]|}} }} '''José María Minella''' (1909–1981) was an Argentine [[Association football|football]] player and manager. He played for and managed [[Argentina national football team|Argentina's national team]]. He played as a midfielder; he was predominantly centre-half, although he initially held more offensive roles, such as in the 1930 world tour, in which he scored 11 times playing for Gimnasia La Plata. The first position he was employed in was that of left midfielder, at Independiente; later, due to his playing characteristics, which led him to manage the game, he was moved to the center, where he was assigned the number 5 of the centromediano. He was gifted with his marking technical ability. Considered as one of the best Argentine midfielders of all time. ==Early life== Son of Italian immigrants, he wa