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{{short description|Argentine footballer and manager (born 1954)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mario Kempes
| image = Kempes Valencia CF.jpg
| image_size = 
| caption = Kempes with Valencia in 1982
| fullname = Mario Alberto Kempes Chiodi
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|7|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Bell Ville]], Argentina
| height = 1.84 m
| position = [[Forward (association football)#Striker|Striker]], [[Midfielder#Attacking midfielder|attacking midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 1961–1968
| youthclubs1 = Club Atlético y Biblioteca Bell
| youthyears2 = 1968–1969
| youthclubs2 = [[Talleres de Córdoba|Talleres]]
| youthyears3 = 1969–1970
| youthclubs3 = [[Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba|Instituto]]
| years1 = 1970–1973
| clubs1 = [[Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba|Instituto]]
| caps1 = 13
| goals1 = 11
| years2 = 1973–1976
| clubs2 = [[Rosario Central]]
| caps2 = 107
| goals2 = 85
| years3 = 1976–1981
| clubs3 = [[Valencia CF|Valencia]]
| caps3 = 142
| goals3 = 95
| years4 = 1981–1982
| clubs4 = [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]
| caps4 = 29
| goals4 = 15
| years5 = 1982–1984
| clubs5 = [[Valencia CF|Valencia]]
| caps5 = 42
| goals5 = 21
| years6 = 1984–1986
| clubs6 = [[Hércules CF|Hércules]]
| caps6 = 38
| goals6 = 10
| years7 = 1986–1987
| clubs7 = [[First Vienna FC|First Vienna]]
| caps7 = 20
| goals7 = 7
| years8 = 1987–1990
| clubs8 = [[SKN St. Pölten|St. Pölten]]
| caps8 = 96
| goals8 = 34
| years9 = 1990–1992
| clubs9 = [[Kremser SC]]
| caps9 = 39
| goals9 = 7
| years10 = 1993–1994
| clubs10 = [[Pelita Bandung Raya|Pelita Jaya]]
| caps10 = 18
| goals10 = 12
| years11 = 1995
| clubs11 = [[Club Deportivo Arturo Fernández Vial|Fernández Vial]]
| caps11 = 11
| goals11 = 5
| years12 = 1996
| totalcaps = 555
| totalgoals = 302
| nationalyears1 = 1973–1982
| nationalteam1 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
| nationalcaps1 = 43
| nationalgoals1 = 20
| manageryears1 = 1995–1996
| managerclubs1 = [[Pelita Bandung Raya|Pelita Jaya]]
| manageryears2 = 1996
| managerclubs2 = [[KF Lushnja|Lushnja]] (player-manager)<ref name="Lushnja" />
| manageryears3 = 1997–1998
| managerclubs3 = [[Mineros de Guayana]]
| manageryears4 = 1999
| managerclubs4 = [[The Strongest]]
| manageryears5 = 2000
| managerclubs5 = [[Club Blooming|Blooming]]
| manageryears6 = 2000–2001
| managerclubs6 = [[Club Independiente Petrolero|Independiente Petrolero]]
| manageryears7 = 2001–2002
| managerclubs7 = [[S.S.D. Casarano Calcio|Casarano]]
| manageryears8 = 2002
| managerclubs8 = [[CD San Fernando|San Fernando]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/l/l3311.html|title=Kempes manager profile |publisher=BDFutbol }}</ref>
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|ARG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978 Argentina]]|}}
}}
'''Mario Alberto Kempes Chiodi''' ({{IPA|es|ˈmaɾjo alˈβeɾto ˈkempes ˈtʃjoði}}, {{IPA|it|ˈkjɔːdi|lang}}; born 15 July 1954) is an Argentine former professional [[Association football|football]]er who played as a [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]] or [[Attacking Midfielder|attacking midfielder]]. A prolific goalscorer, he finished as [[La Liga]]'s [[Pichichi Trophy|top goalscorer]] twice with [[Valencia CF|Valencia]] where he amassed 116 goals in 184 league games. He is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-05-30 |title=All-time Top 20: No. 12 Mario Kempes |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37372633/no-12-mario-kempes |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Warrington |first=Mark WhiteContributions from Declan |last2=Haugstad |first2=Thore |last3=Yokhin |first3=Michael |last4=Stafford-Bloor |first4=Seb |last5=Spurling |first5=Jon |last6=Murray |first6=Andrew |last7=Hess |first7=Alex |last8=Alves |first8=Marcus |last9=published |first9=Alex Reid |date=2023-09-05 |title=Ranked! The 100 best football players of all time |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ranked-the-100-best-football-players-of-all-time |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=fourfourtwo.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-02-08 |title=#TFHB100 Players of All-Time: 70-61 |url=https://www.thefootballhistoryboys.com/2017/02/the-tfhb100-70-61.html |access-date=2024-05-18 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

At international level, Kempes was the focal point of Argentina's [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978 World Cup]] win where he scored twice in the [[1978 FIFA World Cup Final|final]] and received the [[FIFA World Cup awards#Golden Boot|Golden Boot]] as top goalscorer. He also won the [[FIFA World Cup awards#Golden Ball|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]], [[Onze d'Or|Onze d'Or European footballer of the Year]] and [[FIFA World Cup awards#Golden Ball|World Cup Golden Ball]] in 1978. In 2004, he was named as one of the [[FIFA 100|Top 125 greatest living footballers]] as part of [[FIFA]]'s 100th anniversary celebration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/3533891.stm |title=Pele's list of the greatest |publisher=BBC Sport |date=4 March 2004 |access-date=15 June 2013 }}</ref> Kempes was nicknamed ''El Toro'' and ''El Matador''.

==Club career==
[[File:Mario Kempes River Plate.jpg|thumb|left|120px|Mario Kempes during his period in [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]], 1981]]
Kempes was born in [[Bell Ville]], [[Córdoba Province, Argentina|Córdoba]]. His father, Mario Quemp, was of German heritage. His mother, Teresa Chiodi, was Italian. At the age of seven he began playing with a junior team and at fourteen he joined the [[Talleres de Córdoba|Talleres]] reserves.

Kempes' career started at local club [[Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba|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 CF|Valencia]] to sign him. At [[Mestalla]] he would go on to win the [[Copa del Rey]], the [[European Cup Winners' Cup]] and the [[UEFA Super Cup]] as well as two consecutive [[Pichichi Trophy|Pichichi]]s, 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 [[Defender (association football)|defenders]] found difficulty handling his attacking style.

Before the [[1978 FIFA World Cup|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 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 CF|Hércules]] in nearby [[Alicante]] before spending six years at various [[Austria]]n clubs. His play declined in his 30s and he did not compete for top scorer honours in the Austrian top flight. He rounded off his career with stints at more obscure clubs in [[Indonesia]], [[Chile]] and [[Albania]] during the 1990s.

==International career==
[[File:Mario Kempes Argentina vs. Holanda.JPG|thumb|left|180px|Kempes celebrating one of his two goals at the [[1978 FIFA World Cup final]] against Netherlands in Buenos Aires]]
During his club career he won 43 caps for [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] and scored 20 times. He represented his country in three [[FIFA World Cup|World Cups]] in [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]], [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]] and [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]], winning the competition in 1978. He was the [[FIFA World Cup awards#Golden Boot|leading goalscorer]] in the 1978 tournament, scoring six goals in three braces: 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.<ref>Argentina vs Poland – World Cup 1978 – full match – part 4/8 @YouTube</ref> This resulted in a penalty kick that was promptly saved by [[Ubaldo Fillol]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071015133228/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=50/results/matches/match=2202/report.html FIFA.com 1978 World Cup Match Report – Argentina – Poland]</ref> 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 [[FIFA 100|top 125 greatest living footballers]] in March 2004.

==Style of play==
[[File:Elgrafico 3195.jpg|thumb|right|180px|{{center|Kempes on the cover of ''[[El Gráfico (Argentina)|El Gráfico]]'' alongside [[César Luis Menotti|Menotti]] and [[Diego Maradona|Maradona]]}}]]
He was a box number 9 who stood out for his powerful left foot, goal-scoring prowess, speed, courage, and skill. He was always a second ahead of the rest of the players, his reaction time was incredible, which, combined with excellent physical condition and an enviable shot, made him a very complete striker. He also possessed a lethal header.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=8 April 2012 |archive-date=10 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510184144/http://www.corrieredellosport.it/remember/2011/12/09-209314/Vi+ricordate+Kempes%3F+Noi+vi+diciamo+come+vive |title="Vi ricordate Kempes? Noi vi diciamo come vive" |url=http://www.corrieredellosport.it/remember/2011/12/09-209314/Vi+ricordate+Kempes%3F+Noi+vi+diciamo+come+vive}}<!-- auto-translated from Italian by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=8 April 2012 |archive-date=13 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413155318/http://www.enciclopedia-football.com/web/index.php?option=com_adsmanager&view=details&id=197&catid=1&Itemid=30 |title=Statistiche su Enciclopedia-football.com |url=http://www.enciclopedia-football.com/web/index.php?option=com_adsmanager&view=details&id=197&catid=1&Itemid=30}}<!-- auto-translated from Italian by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=8 April 2012 |title="Mario Kempes" |url=http://www.instoria.it/home/mario_kempes.htm}}<!-- auto-translated from Italian by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

==Managerial career==
Kempes made his full-time managing debut in Albania. His brief spell with [[KS Lushnja|Lushnja]] 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.<ref name="Lushnja">{{cite web |date=22 May 2019 |title=One's Kompany: just where have all the player-managers gone? |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/why-so-few-player-managers-vincent-kompany-anderlecht |publisher=[[FourFourTwo]] |quote=Mario Kempes - Pelita Jaya and KS Lushnja (1996) {{!}} In his early forties, Kempes chanced his arm as player-manager of Albanian side KS Lushnja. His time in the Balkans was short-lived before he endured a similar fate in Indonesia with Pelita Jaya |access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref> 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 [[Club Blooming|Blooming]] in 2000. Previously, he had worked as assistant coach for Uruguayan manager [[Héctor Núñez]] in [[Valencia CF|Valencia]] and as a player-manager of [[Liga Indonesia|Indonesian League]] champions [[Pelita Bandung Raya|Pelita Jaya]].

==Broadcasting career==
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 (video game series)|FIFA]]'' franchise video games starting from ''[[FIFA 13]]'' up until ''[[FIFA 23]]''. He also serves as a commentator on the ''[[EA Sports FC]]'' series, beginning with ''[[EA Sports FC 24]]''.

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba|Instituto]]||[[Primera División Argentina 1973|1973]]||[[Primera División Argentina|Primera División]]||13||11||—||—||—||—||—||—||13||11
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Rosario Central|Central]]||[[Primera División Argentina 1974|1974]]||Primera División||36||30||—||—||7||3||—||—||43||33
|-
|[[Primera División Argentina 1975|1975]]
|Primera División||49||38||—||—||9||5||—||—||58||43
|-
|[[Primera División Argentina 1976|1976]]
|Primera División||22||21||—||—||—||—||—||—||22||21
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!107!!89!!—!!—!!16!!8!!—!!—!!123!!97
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[Valencia CF|Valencia]]||[[1976–77 La Liga|1976–77]]||[[La Liga]]||34||24||0||0||—||—||—||—||34||24
|-
|[[1977–78 La Liga|1977–78]]
|La Liga||34||28||12||11||—||—||—||—||46||39
|-
|[[1978–79 La Liga|1978–79]]
|La Liga||30||15||10||3||6||3||—||—||46||21
|-
|[[1979–80 La Liga|1979–80]]
|La Liga||32||22||2||2||9||9||—||—||43||33
|-
|[[1980–81 La Liga|1980–81]]
|La Liga||12||9||1||0||5||2||—||—||18||11
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!142!!95!!25!!16!!20!!14!!—!!—!!187!!125
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]||[[Primera División Argentina 1981|1981]]||Primera División||29||15||—||—||4||1||—||—||33||16
|-
|[[Primera División Argentina 1982|1982]]
|Primera División||0||0||—||—||—||—||—||—||0||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!29!!15!!—!!—!!4!!1!!—!!—!!33!!16
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Valencia CF|Valencia]]||[[1982–83 La Liga|1982–83]]||La Liga||27||13||1||0||8||0||2||0||38||13
|-
|[[1983–84 La Liga|1983–84]]
|La Liga||15||8||4||3||0||0||2||0||21||11
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!42!!21!!5!!3!!8!!0!!4!!0!!59!!24
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Hércules CF|Hércules]]||[[1984–85 La Liga|1984–85]]||La Liga||17||1||2||0||—||—||—||—||19||1
|-
|[[1985–86 La Liga|1985–86]]
|La Liga||21||9||2||1||—||—||—||—||23||10
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!38!!10!!4!!1!!—!!—!!—!!—!!42!!11
|-
|[[First Vienna FC|First Vienna]]||[[Austrian Football Bundesliga 1986–87|1986–87]]||[[Austrian Football Bundesliga|Austrian Bundesliga]]||20||7||—||—||—||—||—||—||20||7
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[VSE St. Pölten|Sankt Pölten]]||[[Austrian Football Bundesliga 1987–88|1987–88]]||[[Austrian Football First League|Austrian First League]]||32||10||—||—||—||—||—||—||32||10
|-
|[[Austrian Football Bundesliga 1988–89|1988–89]]||Austrian Bundesliga||29||9||—||—||—||—||—||—||29||9
|-
|[[1989–90 Austrian Football Bundesliga|1989–90]]
|Austrian Bundesliga||35||15||—||—||—||—||—||—||35||15
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!96!!34!!—!!—!!—!!—!!—!!—!!96!!34
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Kremser SC]]||[[1990–91 Austrian Football Bundesliga|1990–91]]||Austrian Bundesliga||21||5||—||—||—||—||—||—||21||5
|-
|[[1991–92 Austrian Football Bundesliga|1991–92]]
|Austrian Bundesliga||18||2||—||—||—||—||—||—||18||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!39!!7!!—!!—!!—!!—!!—!!—!!39!!7
|-
|[[Club Deportivo Arturo Fernández Vial|Fernández Vial]]||1995||[[Chilean Primera División B|Primera B]]||11||5||—||—||—||—||—||—||11||5
|-
|[[Pelita Bandung Raya|Pelita Jaya]]||[[Liga Indonesia 1996|1996]]||[[Indonesian football league system|Liga Indonesia]]||15||10||—||—||—||—||—||—||15||10
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!552!!304!!34!!20!!48!!23!!4!!0!!638!!347
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{NFT|12656|accessdate=}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="10"|[[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
|1973||1||0
|-
|1974||10||4
|-
|1975||4||3
|-
|1976||9||7
|-
|1977||0||0
|-
|1978||7||6
|-
|1979||0||0
|-
|1980||0||0
|-
|1981||3||0
|-
|1982||9||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total||43||20
|}

:''Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kempes goal''.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Mario Kempes
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 22 April 1974 || [[José Amalfitani Stadium]], [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina || {{fb|ROU|1965}} || align="center"|2–1 || align="center"|2–1 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || 18 May 1974 || [[Parc des Princes]], [[Paris]], France || {{fb|FRA}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|3
| rowspan="2"|22 May 1974 || rowspan="2"|[[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], [[London]], England || rowspan="2" |{{fb|ENG}} || align="center"|1–2 || rowspan="2" align="center"|2–2 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|4 || align="center"|2–2
|-
| align="center"|5 || 3 August 1975 || [[Estadio Olímpico (Caracas)|Estadio Olímpico]], [[Caracas]], Venezuela || {{fb|VEN}} || align="center"|2–1 || align="center"|5–1 || [[1975 Copa América#Group A|1975 Copa América]]
|-
| align="center"|6
| rowspan="2"|10 August 1975 || rowspan="2"|[[Estadio Gigante de Arroyito]], [[Rosario]], Argentina || rowspan="2"|{{fb|VEN}} || align="center"|5–0 || rowspan="2" align="center"|11–0 || rowspan="2"|1975 Copa América
|-
| align="center"|7 || align="center"|10–0
|-
| align="center"|8 || 27 February 1976 || [[Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti]], Buenos Aires, Argentina || {{fb|BRA}} || align="center"|2–1 || align="center"|2–1 || [[Roca Cup]] 1976
|-
| align="center"|9 || 20 March 1976 || [[Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex|Central Stadium]], [[Kyiv]], Ukraine || {{fb|URS}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|10
| rowspan="2"|14 June 1978 || rowspan="2"|Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario, Argentina || rowspan="2" |{{fb|POL}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" align="center"|2–0 || rowspan="2"|[[1978 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| align="center"|11 || align="center"|2–0
|-
| align="center"|12
| rowspan="2"|21 June 1978 || rowspan="2"|Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario, Argentina || rowspan="2" |{{fb|PER}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" align="center"|6–0 || rowspan="2"|1978 FIFA World Cup
|-
| align="center"|13 || align="center"|3–0
|-
| align="center"|14
| rowspan="2"|25 June 1978 || rowspan="2"|Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina || rowspan="2" |{{fb|NED}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" align="center"|[[1978 FIFA World Cup Final|3–1]]|| rowspan="2" |1978 FIFA World Cup
|-
| align="center"|15 || align="center"|2–1
|}

==Honours==
'''Rosario Central'''
*[[Argentine Primera División|Primera División]] runner-up: [[1974 Argentine Primera División|1974 Metropolitano]], [[1974 Argentine Primera División|1976 Argentine Primera Division Nacional]] 
 
'''Valencia'''
[[File:Kempes 79 (51161918321).jpg|thumb|180px|Street art depicting the Kempes #9 shirt worn at the 1979 Copa del Rey final]]
*[[Copa del Rey]]: [[1978–79 Copa del Rey|1978–79]]
*[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]: [[1980 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|1979–80]]
*[[UEFA Super Cup]]: [[1980 European Super Cup|1980]]

'''River Plate'''
*[[Argentine Primera División|Primera División]]: [[1981 Argentine Primera División|1981 Nacional]]

'''Pelita Jaya'''
*[[Galatama]]: 1993–94 <ref>{{cite web|title=Indonesia&nbsp;– List of (Semi-)Professional Champions|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indochamp.html|access-date=18 October 2014}}</ref>

'''Argentina'''
*[[FIFA World Cup]]: [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]

'''Individual'''
*[[List of Argentine Primera División top scorers|Argentine Primera División top scorers]]: [[1974 Argentine Primera División|1974 Nacional]], [[1976 Argentine Primera División|1976 Metropolitan]]
*[[Pichichi Trophy]]: 1977, 1978
*[[FIFA World Cup awards#Golden Boot|FIFA World Cup Golden Boot]]: 1978
*[[FIFA World Cup awards#Golden Ball|FIFA World Cup Golden Ball]]: 1978<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html |title=FIFA World Cup Golden Ball Awards |access-date=9 February 2015 |url-status=live |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112042845/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html |archive-date=12 January 2016 }}</ref>
*[[FIFA World Cup awards#All-Star Team|FIFA World Cup All-Star Team]]: 1978
*[[Ballon d'Or]]: 1978 - [[Ballon d'Or#Additional awards|Le nouveau palmarès (the new winners)]]<ref>Crépin, Timothé (2 December 2015). "Pelé devait être le recordman" (in French). France Football.</ref>
*[[Onze d'Or]]: 1978
*[[Player of the Year of Argentina|Olimpia de Plata]]: 1978
*[[South American Footballer of the Year]]: 1978
*[[List of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup top scorers|UEFA Cup Winners' Cup top scorers]]: 1979–80
*[[FIFA 100]]: 2004
*South American Player of the Century: Ranking Nº 23: 2006<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iffhs-century.html South American – Player of the Century] Retrieved on 3 January 2009</ref>
*[[Golden Foot]]: 2007, as football legend<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenfoot.com/en/legends/item/281-mario-kempes.html|title=Golden Foot Award|access-date=9 February 2015|publisher=Goldenfoot.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150210035028/http://www.goldenfoot.com/en/legends/item/281-mario-kempes.html|archive-date=10 February 2015}}</ref>
*[[Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes]]: 2010, The stadium in [[Córdoba, Argentina]] was named after him.
*[[Argentine Football Association|AFA Team of All Time]] (published 2015)<ref>{{cite web |title=La Selección de Todos los Tiempos |trans-title=The Team of All Time |publisher=Argentine Football Association |language=es |date=4 January 2016 |url=http://www.afa.com.ar/3023/la-seleccion-de-todos-los-tiempos |access-date=29 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814210638/http://www.afa.com.ar/3023/la-seleccion-de-todos-los-tiempos |archive-date=14 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[International Federation of Football History & Statistics|IFFHS]] Argentina All Times Dream Team (Team B): 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/1239|title=IFFHS ALL TIME ARGENTINA MEN'S DREAM TEAM|date=26 August 2021}}</ref>

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* {{cite web|website=Soccer Net USA |title=Research: Soccer Net USA |url=http://www.soccernetusa.com/mario_kempes.htm |access-date=25 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061116195520/http://www.soccernetusa.com/mario_kempes.htm |archive-date=16 November 2006 |url-status=dead }}
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Mario Kempes}}
* {{FIFA}}
* {{WorldFootball.net|mario-kempes}}
* {{NFT}}
* {{ESPN FC}}
* {{FootballFacts.ru|person_id=22687-kempeschiodimarioalberto|player_id=149517-kempes-chiodi-mario-alberto|archive=20200206045811}}
* {{Lequipe}}
* [https://www.theguardian.com/observer/osm/story/0,,642548,00.html Observer Sport biography]
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020024930/http://futbolfactory.futbolweb.net/index.php?ff=historicos&f2=00001&idjugador=14 |date=20 October 2007 |title=Futbol Factory profile}} {{in lang|es}}
* {{BDFutbol}}

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