Mario Kempes

Mario Alberto Kempes was born on July 15, 1954 in the city of Bel Ville, Córdoba Province. From childhood he showed an innate ability to integrate various children's soccer teams campuses in their city until age 16 was champion of the local league with all Bell Library.

Bell became one of the most important groups of the province of Córdoba.

Institute team that champion Cordoba league devoted and thus participated in the Argentine National Tournament 1973 In this contest was signed by Rosario Central of the first division of Argentine football, where he scored 85 goals in 105 games over two seasons (1974-1976).

At 19 years old he joined the Argentina team that participated in the World Cup 1974 tournament in which the selected gaucho went unnoticed and Kempes failed to score any goal.

However their presence in areas of interest to rival European entrepreneurs and the Spanish Liga Valencia hired him in 1976. Was that transaction before the Argentine radio journalist José María Muñoz, placed him the nickname El Matador.

In the Valencian club scorer in the Spanish League crown in the 1976-77 season with 24 goals, the highest average for the last ten years. In the 1977-78 season had 28 goals and being the top scorer of the two consecutive seasons received

the Pichichi award in Spanish football. In 1979 Valencia was achieved in the Premier League and Cup Winners 1980.

But the most telling moment of his playing career was his successful participation in the World Cup in Argentina 78 wherein further out world champion with the Albiceleste representative, was the top scorer in the World Cup with 6 goals and international press considered the best player of the Tournament.

In the final match against the Netherlands gave a recital of football swagger and passion to get the team to shoulder besides converting two of the goals that beat Argentina 3-1 whole orange.

The success led him again in 1981 when champion River Plate of Argentina,

returning to Valencia and then move to the Hercules in Spain. From 1986 to 1994 he continued his career in Austria (Wiener, Saint Polten, and Krems) to finish in 1995, at 41 years of age at the Fernandez Vidal of Chile. From that year to date has unfolded coaching soccer teams in various countries of the world as well as a sports commentator.

Kempes was a lefty long stride in speed he displayed an uncommon perfectly applying the brake and hitch skill. Your profile start looking for good long and medium distance was lethal, and all this had to add an ability to administer oxygen allowing him to surrender completely throughout the game.