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Mario Kempes
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Person

Mario Kempes

b. 1954

Argentine footballer (born 1954)

Born
15 Jul 1954 · Bell Ville
Part ofArgentina1754 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 83 years
  1. 15 Jul 1954BornBorn in Bell Ville
  2. 1970 – 1973TeamInstituto Atlético Central Córdoba
  3. 1973 – 1982TeamArgentina national football team
  4. 1974Took part1974 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1974 – 1976TeamClub Atlético Rosario Central
  6. 1976 – 1981TeamValencia CF
  7. 1978Took part1978 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1981 – 1982TeamClub Atlético River Plate
  9. 1982Took part1982 FIFA World Cup
  10. 1982 – 1984TeamValencia CF
  11. 1984 – 1986TeamHércules CF
  12. 1986 – 1987TeamFirst Vienna FC
  13. 1987 – 1990TeamSKN St. Pölten
  14. 1990 – 1992TeamKremser SC
  15. 1993 – 1994TeamMadura United F.C.
  16. 1995TeamC.C.D. Arturo Fernández Vial

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1954 – today).

  1. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  3. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  4. 1956Suez Crisis
  5. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  7. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  9. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  10. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  11. 1968Prague Spring
  12. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  13. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  14. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  15. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  16. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  17. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  18. 1985Schengen Agreement
  19. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  20. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  21. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  22. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  23. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  25. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  26. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  27. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  28. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  29. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  30. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  31. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  32. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  33. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  34. 20112011 Norway attacks
  35. 2011Libyan civil war
  36. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  37. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  38. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  39. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  40. 2015Paris Agreement

Biography

Mario Alberto Kempes (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾjo alˈβeɾto ˈkempes]; 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 strikers of all time.

At international level, Kempes was the focal point of Argentina's 1978 FIFA 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. Kempes was nicknamed El Toro and El Matador.

Text from the Wikipedia article Mario Kempes, CC BY-SA 4.0

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