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Mario Kempes

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1954 (70 years old)

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1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)

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Mario Alberto Kempes Chiodi (born 15 July 1954) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker. His father, Mario, also a footballer, inspired him to play from a young age. At the age of seven he began playing with a junior team and at fourteen, he joined the Talleres reserves. A prolific goalscorer, at club level he is best known for playing for Valencia, finishing as La Liga's top goalscorer twice, and amassing 116 goals in 184 league games for the club.

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.
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Argentinian Primera Division
1981

Boca Juniors
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1980

Valencia
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UEFA Cup Winners Cup
1979-1980

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Spanish Copa del Rey
1978-1979

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1978

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1978

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Spanish La Liga Trofeo Pichichi
1978

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1978

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Spanish La Liga Trofeo Pichichi
1977

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