 Kempes with Valencia in 1982 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mario Alberto Kempes Chiodi | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 July 1954 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bell Ville, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker, attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1961–1968 | Club Atlético y Biblioteca Bell | ||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1969 | Talleres | ||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1970 | Instituto | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1970–1973 | Instituto | 13 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 1973–1976 | Rosario Central | 107 | (85) | ||||||||||||||
| 1976–1981 | Valencia | 142 | (95) | ||||||||||||||
| 1981–1982 | River Plate | 29 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 1982–1984 | Valencia | 42 | (21) | ||||||||||||||
| 1984–1986 | Hércules | 38 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | First Vienna | 20 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 1987–1990 | St. Pölten | 96 | (34) | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1992 | Kremser SC | 39 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Pelita Jaya | 18 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Fernández Vial | 11 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Lushnja[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 555 | (302) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1982 | Argentina | 43 | (20) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Pelita Jaya | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Lushnja (player-manager)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Mineros de Guayana | ||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | The Strongest | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Blooming | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Independiente Petrolero | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Casarano | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | San Fernando[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Mario Alberto Kempes Chiodi (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾjo alˈβeɾto ˈkempes ˈtʃjoði], Italian: [ˈkjɔːdi]; born 15 July 1954) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker or attacking midfielder. A prolific goalscorer, he finished as La Liga's top goalscorer twice with Valencia where he amassed 116 goals in 184 league games. He is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.[3][4][5]
At international level, Kempes was the focal point of Argentina's 1978 World Cup win where he scored twice in the final and received the Golden Boot as top goalscorer. He also won the Golden Ball for the player of the tournament, making him one of only three players to have won all three awards at a single World Cup, along with Garrincha in 1962 and Paolo Rossi in 1982.
Kempes won South American Footballer of the Year, Onze d'Or European footballer of the Year and World Cup Golden Ball in 1978. In 2004, he was named as one of the Top 125 greatest living footballers as part of FIFA's 100th anniversary celebration.[6] Kempes was nicknamed El Toro and El Matador.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Lushnjawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Kempes manager profile". BDFutbol.
- ^ "All-time Top 20: No. 12 Mario Kempes". ESPN.com. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ Warrington, Mark WhiteContributions from Declan; Haugstad, Thore; Yokhin, Michael; Stafford-Bloor, Seb; Spurling, Jon; Murray, Andrew; Hess, Alex; Alves, Marcus; published, Alex Reid (5 September 2023). "Ranked! The 100 best football players of all time". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ "#TFHB100 Players of All-Time: 70-61". 8 February 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ "Pele's list of the greatest". BBC Sport. 4 March 2004. Retrieved 15 June 2013.