In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Kempes and the second or maternal family name is Chiodi.
Mario Kempes
Kempes with Valencia, c. 1982–84
Personal information
Full name
Mario Alberto Kempes Chiodi
Date of birth
(1954-07-15) 15 July 1954 (age 69)
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
Men's football
Representing Argentina
FIFA World Cup
Winner
1978 Argentina
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Mario Alberto Kempes Chiodi (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈmaɾjoalˈβeɾtoˈkempesˈtʃjoði], 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. Regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.
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.[3] Kempes was nicknamed El Toro and El Matador.
^ abCite error: The named reference Lushnja was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Kempes manager profile". BDFutbol.
^"Pele's list of the greatest". BBC Sport. 4 March 2004. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
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