Mario Kempes
Argentine footballer · Argentina · Footballers · Born 1954 · age 72
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Something wrong?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.
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Kempes Valencia CF
1974 Copa Libertadores Rosario Central 2-Colo Colo 0
1974 Nacional Rosario Central 2-Boca Juniors 0
1975 Metropolitano Rosario Central 1-Boca Juniors 0
1975 Rosario Central 1-Newell's 0 -1
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1975 Rosario Central 3-Newell's 0Teams 15
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About this person
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.
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