22-472: Kempes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Mario Kempes (born 1954), Argentine footballer Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes , stadium named after him Edwin Kempes (born 1976), Dutch tennis player Kempes (1982–2016), born Everton Kempes dos Santos Gonçalves , Brazilian footballer [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
44-560: A player-manager of Indonesian League champions Pelita Jaya . He currently works as a football analyst and commentator in Spanish for ESPN Deportes ( ESPN 's Spanish-language version). With Fernando Palomo and Ciro Procuna, he provides the commentary in the Latin American version of the FIFA franchise video games starting from FIFA 13 up until FIFA 23 . He also serves as a commentator on
66-623: Is a football stadium in Valencia , Spain. The stadium is the home of Valencia and has a capacity of 49,430 seats, making it the 8th-largest stadium in Spain, and the largest in the Valencian Community . The stadium's name originates from the historic irrigation canal of Mestalla, which was developed and consolidated during the Arab dynasty between the 10th and 11th centuries, and was originally outside
88-484: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Mario Kempes Mario Alberto Kempes Chiodi ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾjo alˈβeɾto ˈkempes ˈtʃjoði] , 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
110-594: Is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. 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
132-605: The EA Sports FC series, beginning with EA Sports FC 24 . Rosario Central Valencia River Plate Pelita Jaya Argentina Individual "Research: Soccer Net USA" . Soccer Net USA . Archived from the original on 16 November 2006 . Retrieved 25 November 2006 . Mestalla UEFA [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Mestalla Stadium ( Spanish : Estadio de Mestalla [esˈtaðjo ðe mesˈtaʎa] , Valencian : Estadi de Mestalla [esˈtaði ðe mesˈtaʎa] )
154-412: The 1978 World Cup , Kempes was the only foreign-based player on the list of coach César Luis Menotti's Argentina national team. when announcing the squad he had selected for the 1978 tournament, Menotti described him with these words: "He's strong, he's got skill, he creates spaces and he shoots hard. He's a player who can make a difference, and he can play in a centre-forward position." Kempes had been
176-608: The Copa del Rey , the European Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Super Cup as well as two consecutive Pichichis , scoring 24 and 28 goals in the 1976–77 and 1977–78 seasons. Famous as a hard-working forward, he used to strike from outside the penalty area with his surging runs towards goal and was not the traditional center-forward operating solely inside the box. Many defenders found difficulty handling his attacking style. Before
198-561: The Nou Mestalla , started construction in 2007, but is yet to be completed. The new stadium is due to have a capacity of 61,500. The Mestalla held the Spain national football team for the first time in 1925. It was chosen the national team's group venue when Spain staged the 1982 World Cup , and at the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona , all of Spain's matches up to the final were held at
220-409: The surname Kempes . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kempes&oldid=1023636356 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
242-522: The Austrian top flight. He rounded off his career with stints at more obscure clubs in Indonesia , Chile and Albania during the 1990s. During his club career he won 43 caps for Argentina and scored 20 times. He represented his country in three World Cups in 1974 , 1978 and 1982 , winning the competition in 1978. He was the leading goalscorer in the 1978 tournament, scoring six goals in three braces:
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#1732854662754264-604: The Mestalla was used as a concentration camp and storage warehouse. It would only keep its structure, since the rest was an empty plot of land with no terraces and a grandstand damaged during the war. During the 1950s, the Mestalla was renovated, resulting in a stadium with a seating capacity of 60,000 spectators. It was severely damaged by the flood of October 1957 when the Turia River broke its banks. The stadium soon returned to operational use with some more improvements, such as
286-494: The Mestalla, as they won Gold. The Mestalla has been the setting for important international matches, has held nine cup finals, has also been a temporary home for Levante , home of the Spain national football team and exile for Castellón and Real Madrid in the European Cup. The Mestalla hosted four El Clásico finals in Copa del Rey between Barcelona and Real Madrid , with 1936 , 1990 , 2011 and 2014 . In total
308-548: 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. Kempes was nicknamed El Toro and El Matador . Kempes was born in Bell Ville , Córdoba . His father, Mario Quemp, was of German heritage. His mother, Teresa Chiodi, was Italian. At
330-419: The addition of artificial lighting, and was inaugurated during the 1959 Fallas festivities. In 1969, the stadium's name was changed to Estadio Luis Casanova, to honour club president Luis Casanova Giner . The change lasted for a quarter of a century, when Casanova admitted that he was completely overwhelmed by such an honour and requested in 1994 that the stadium's name be returned to the Mestalla. 1972 saw
352-456: The age of seven he began playing with a junior team and at fourteen he joined the Talleres reserves. Kempes' career started at local club Instituto , where he played alongside Osvaldo Ardiles before quickly moving on to Rosario Central , where he established himself as a remarkable goalscorer, scoring 85 goals in 105 matches, prompting Valencia to sign him. At Mestalla he would go on to win
374-519: The first two in Argentina's first semi-final group stage match against Poland, another two against Peru, and the last two in the final against the Netherlands, which Argentina won 3–1. His second goal, in the 105th minute, was the game winner in extra time. However, in the same tournament, he notoriously stopped a goal with his hand in a second-round match against Poland. This resulted in a penalty kick that
396-409: The inauguration of the club's head office, located in the back of the numbered terraces. It consisted of an office designed in the avant-garde style with a trophy hall, which held the flag the club was founded on. The summer of 1973 ushered in another change at the Mestalla, the introduction of goal seats, which meant the elimination of fourteen rows of standing room terraces . A replacement stadium,
418-450: The south stand of the stadium where it had to be jumped over in order to get to the ground. The North Stand of the stadium is known for its very steep section. The Estadio Mestalla was inaugurated with a friendly match on 20 May 1923 between Valencia and Levante . The new stadium had a capacity of 17,000 spectators, which was increased to 25,000 four years later. During the Civil War ,
440-698: The top scorer in La Liga the previous two seasons and was determined to show on home soil that he could deliver against the best on the sport's greatest stage. However, he had failed to get on the score-sheet in West Germany in 1974, at the age of 19, and after the first round group stage in 1978, his name was still missing among goal scorers in the tournament . After leaving Valencia in 1984, Kempes spent two years at Hércules in nearby Alicante before spending six years at various Austrian clubs. His play declined in his 30s and he did not compete for top scorer honours in
462-557: Was groundbreaking, as he became the first foreign manager who signed a foreign player in Albanian football history. His career in Albania came to a quick end in 1997. The following year, he landed a job with Venezuelan side Mineros de Guayana . In 1999, Kempes moved to Bolivia and managed The Strongest , before taking charge of Blooming in 2000. Previously, he had worked as assistant coach for Uruguayan manager Héctor Núñez in Valencia and as
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#1732854662754484-454: Was promptly saved by Ubaldo Fillol . His goals in the 1978 World Cup Final were his last for Argentina at the age of just 23. In 1978, he was named South American Football Player of the Year ("El Mundo," Caracas, Venezuela). He was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004. Kempes made his full-time managing debut in Albania. His brief spell with Lushnja
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