# Mario Kempes

> He scored twice in the final to deliver Argentina's first World Cup in 1978, then walked away with the Golden Boot, Golden Ball, and a nickname — El Matador — that stuck for good reason.

*Argentine footballer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/mario-kempes

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Football / Soccer Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857))
- **Category:** Footballers
- **Country:** Argentina
- **Born:** 1954-07-15
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born 15 July 1954, Mario Alberto Kempes Chiodi built his reputation at Valencia, where he finished as La Liga's top scorer twice and racked up 116 goals in 184 league games. The 1978 World Cup made him immortal: as Argentina's focal point, he scored six times including two in the final, claimed both the Golden Boot and Golden Ball, and joined Garrincha and Paolo Rossi as the only players to sweep all three major awards at a single tournament. That same year he took South American Footballer of the Year and the Onze d'Or. FIFA named him one of the 125 greatest living footballers in 2004. They called him El Toro, but El Matador was the one that lasted.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 64.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 25.0 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 27.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 69.2 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #98

## Topics
#Footballers, #Football / Soccer Player, #Soccer, #Football, #Journalism, #Argentina, #Americas, #20th Century

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kempes)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180649)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Mario%20Kempes)
- [ماريو كيمبس](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B3)
- [ماريو كيمبس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B3)
- [Mario Kempes](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kempes)
- [ماریو کمپس](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88_%DA%A9%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B3)
- [Марыа Кемпес](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%81)
- [Марио Кемпес](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BE_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%81)
- [মারিও কেম্পেস](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%93_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8)
- [Mario Kempes](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kempes)
- [Mario Alberto Kempes](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Alberto_Kempes)
- [ماریۆ کەمپێس](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DB%86_%DA%A9%DB%95%D9%85%D9%BE%DB%8E%D8%B3)
- [Mario Kempes](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kempes)
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- [Mario Kempes](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kempes)
- [Mario Kempes](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kempes)
- [Μάριο Κέμπες](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF_%CE%9A%CE%AD%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%82)
- [Mario Kempes](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kempes)
- [Mario Kempes](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kempes)
- [Mario Alberto Kempes](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Alberto_Kempes)
- [ماریو کمپس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88_%DA%A9%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B3)
- [Mario Kempes](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kempes)
- [Mario Kempes](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kempes)
- [Mario Kempes](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kempes)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mario_Kempes)
- [Wikiquote](https://uk.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BE_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%81)
- [Mario Kempes](https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kempes)
- [Mario Kempes](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kempes)

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