Mario Kempes

Retired
Last club: Pelita Jaya Most games for: Valencia Retired since: Jul 1, 1996

Date of birth/Age: Jul 15, 1954 (69)
Place of birth: Bell Ville, Córdoba
Citizenship: Argentina

Height: 1,82 m
Position: Centre-Forward

Former International: Argentina
Caps/Goals: 43 / 20

Last position:

Manager Club: Oriente P.

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Argentina
10		Argentina	Sep 23, 1973	43	20	Omar Sívori	19 years 02 months 08 days

Stats of Mario Kempes

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			41	18	5	-	1	12	1	-	-	2	180'	3.237'
	International Friendlies	18	9	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	2	156'	1.402'
	World Cup	18	6	4	-	1	4	1	-	-	-	241'	1.445'
	Copa América	4	3	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	109'	326'
	World Cup qualification	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	64'

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group 2	La Paz	Sep 23, 1973	Bolivia	Argentina	0:1						64'	64'
	Group 2	La Boca, Buenos Aires, Capital Federal	Oct 7, 1973	Argentina	Paraguay	3:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Buenos Aires	Apr 22, 1974	Argentina	Romania	2:1		1					90'
		Saint Denis	May 18, 1974	France	Argentina	0:1	CF	1					90'
			May 22, 1974	England	Argentina	2:2		2					90'
		Amsterdam	May 26, 1974	Netherlands	Argentina	4:1	CM					44'	44'
	World Cup 1974
	Group 4	Stuttgart	Jun 15, 1974	Poland	Argentina	3:2	CF						90'
	Group 4	Stuttgart	Jun 19, 1974	Argentina	Italy	1:1							90'
	Group 4	München	Jun 23, 1974	Argentina	Haiti	4:1			1			52'	52'
	Group A	Gelsenkirchen	Jun 26, 1974	Netherlands	Argentina	4:0					46'		45'
	Group A	Hannover	Jun 30, 1974	Argentina	Brazil	1:2	CF					46'	45'
	Group A	Gelsenkirchen	Jul 3, 1974	Argentina	East Germany	1:1			1				90'
	International Friendlies
		Buenos Aires	Oct 12, 1974	Argentina	Spain	1:1	Not in squad
		Santiago de Chile	Nov 6, 1974	Chile	Argentina	0:2	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Nov 20, 1974	Argentina	Chile	1:1	Not in squad
		Montevideo	Jul 18, 1975	Uruguay	Argentina	2:3	Not in squad
	Copa América 1975
	Group A	Caracas	Aug 3, 1975	Venezuela	Argentina	1:5		1				56'	56'
	Group A	Belo Horizonte	Aug 6, 1975	Brazil	Argentina	2:1			1				90'
	Group A	Rosario	Aug 10, 1975	Argentina	Venezuela	11:0		2					90'
	Group A	Rosario	Aug 16, 1975	Argentina	Brazil	0:1							90'
	International Friendlies
		Buenos Aires	Feb 27, 1976	Argentina	Brazil	1:2		1					90'
		Kiew	Mar 20, 1976	USSR	Argentina	0:1		1				68'	68'
		Chorzow	Mar 24, 1976	Poland	Argentina	1:2							90'
			Mar 27, 1976	Hungary	Argentina	2:0							90'
		Buenos Aires	Apr 8, 1976	Argentina	Uruguay	4:1		2					90'
		Rio de Janeiro	May 19, 1976	Brazil	Argentina	2:0							90'
		Montevideo	Jun 9, 1976	Uruguay	Argentina	0:3		1					90'
		Buenos Aires	Nov 28, 1976	Argentina	USSR	0:0	Not in squad
		La Boca, Buenos Aires, Capital Federal	Feb 27, 1977	Argentina	Hungary	5:1	Not in squad
		Madrid	Mar 22, 1977	Argentina	Iran	5:2 on pens	Not in squad
		La Boca, Buenos Aires, Capital Federal	May 29, 1977	Argentina	Poland	3:1	Not in squad
		La Boca, Buenos Aires, Capital Federal	Jun 5, 1977	Argentina	Germany	1:3	Not in squad
		La Boca, Buenos Aires, Capital Federal	Jun 12, 1977	Argentina	England	1:1	Not in squad
		La Boca, Buenos Aires, Capital Federal	Jun 18, 1977	Argentina	Scotland	1:1	Not in squad
		La Boca, Buenos Aires, Capital Federal	Jun 26, 1977	Argentina	France	0:0	Not in squad
		La Boca, Buenos Aires, Capital Federal	Jul 3, 1977	Argentina	Yugoslavia	1:0	Not in squad
		La Boca, Buenos Aires, Capital Federal	Jul 12, 1977	Argentina	East Germany	2:0	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Mar 29, 1978	Argentina	Bulgaria	3:1	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Apr 5, 1978	Argentina	Romania	2:0	Not in squad
		Montevideo	Apr 25, 1978	Uruguay	Argentina	2:0	Not in squad
		La Boca, Buenos Aires, Capital Federal	May 3, 1978	Argentina	Uruguay	3:0	Not in squad
	World Cup 1978
	Group 1	Buenos Aires	Jun 2, 1978	Argentina	Hungary	2:1							90'
	Group 1	Buenos Aires	Jun 6, 1978	Argentina	France	2:1	LW						90'
	Group 1	Buenos Aires	Jun 10, 1978	Italy	Argentina	1:0	CF						90'
	Group B	Rosario	Jun 14, 1978	Argentina	Poland	2:0	CF	2					90'
	Group B	Rosario	Jun 18, 1978	Argentina	Brazil	0:0							90'
	Group B	Rosario	Jun 21, 1978	Argentina	Peru	6:0		2					90'
	Final	Buenos Aires	Jun 25, 1978	Argentina	Netherlands	3:1 AET	AM	2	1				120'
	International Friendlies
		Buenos Aires	Apr 25, 1979	Argentina	Bulgaria	2:1	Not in squad
		Bern	May 22, 1979	Netherlands	Argentina	7:8 on pens	Not in squad
		Roma	May 26, 1979	Italy	Argentina	2:2	Not in squad
		Glasgow	Jun 2, 1979	Scotland	Argentina	1:3	Not in squad
	Copa América 1979
	Group B	La Paz	Jul 18, 1979	Bolivia	Argentina	2:1	Not in squad
	Group B	Rio de Janeiro	Aug 2, 1979	Brazil	Argentina	2:1	Not in squad
	Group B	Buenos Aires	Aug 8, 1979	Argentina	Bolivia	3:0	Not in squad
	Group B	Buenos Aires	Aug 23, 1979	Argentina	Brazil	2:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Berlin	Sep 12, 1979	Germany	Argentina	2:1	Not in squad
		Belgrad	Sep 16, 1979	Yugoslavia	Argentina	4:2	Not in squad
		London	May 13, 1980	England	Argentina	3:1	Not in squad
		Dublin	May 16, 1980	Ireland	Argentina	0:1	Not in squad
		Wien	May 21, 1980	Austria	Argentina	1:5	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Oct 9, 1980	Argentina	Bulgaria	2:0	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Oct 12, 1980	Argentina	Poland	2:1	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Oct 15, 1980	Argentina	ČSR	1:0	Not in squad
		Mar del Plata	Dec 4, 1980	Argentina	USSR	1:1	Not in squad
		Córdoba	Dec 16, 1980	Argentina	Switzerland	5:0	Not in squad
		Montevideo	Jan 1, 1981	Argentina	Germany	2:1	LW					42'	42'
		Montevideo	Jan 4, 1981	Argentina	Brazil	1:1	on the bench
		Buenos Aires	Oct 28, 1981	Argentina	Poland	1:2							90'
		Buenos Aires	Nov 11, 1981	Argentina	ČSR	1:1							90'
			Mar 9, 1982	Argentina	ČSR	0:0	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Mar 24, 1982	Argentina	Germany	1:1	LW					78'	78'
		Buenos Aires	Apr 14, 1982	Argentina	USSR	1:1							90'
		Buenos Aires	May 5, 1982	Argentina	Bulgaria	2:1						46'	45'
		Rosario	May 12, 1982	Argentina	Romania	1:0						46'	45'
	World Cup 1982
	Group 3	Barcelona	Jun 13, 1982	Argentina	Belgium	0:1	LW						90'
	Group 3	Alicante	Jun 18, 1982	Argentina	Hungary	4:1	LW		1				90'
	Group 3	Alicante	Jun 23, 1982	Argentina	El Salvador	2:0	CF						90'
	Group C	Barcelona	Jun 29, 1982	Italy	Argentina	2:1	LW			32'		58'	58'
	Group C	Barcelona	Jul 2, 1982	Argentina	Brazil	1:3	CF					46'	45'
Squad: 42, Starting eleven: 40, Substituted in: 1, On the bench: 1, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0,