Fernando palomo y mario kempes biography
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Mario Kempes
Argentine footballer and manager
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Kempes and the second or maternal family name is Chiodi.
Mario Alberto Kempes Chiodi (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈmaɾjoalˈβeɾtoˈkempesˈtʃjoði], Italian:[ˈkjɔːdi]; 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 players of all time.[3][4][5]
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 Pao
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Martin Tyler's World Cup diary: Rekindling acquaintances with Mario Kempes
Sky Sports commentator Martin Tyler reflects on a meeting with former World Cup hero Mario Kempes in Moscow.
This World Cup - my 11th - has given me a wonderfully nostalgic glimpse of my first, 40 years ago.
Kempes was voted player of the tournament, won the Golden Boot and netted two goals in Argentina's win over the Netherlands in the final in 1978. He is now part of the North American utgåva of the Fifa computer game. The Alan Smith in Spanish!
With my equivalent, Fernando Palomo, acting as interpreter we swapped stories over several cups of coffee in Moscow.
Mario remembered training being interrupted in Argentina's camp the day before their fourth game in the competition, a grudge match against Brazil.
The coach Cesar Luis Menotti had spotted someone with binoculars peering down on the activities of the players from behind a security stängsel on a small hill overlooking the pitch.
I remembe
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Mario Kempes
Mario Alberto Kempes (born 15 July 1954 in Bell Ville, Córdoba) is a retired Argentine 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 and World Cup Golden Ball in 1978. In 2004 he was named a