SOCCER PLAYER

Mario Kempes

1954 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mario Kempes has received more than 1,923,823 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Mario Kempes is the 52nd most popular soccer player (up from 67th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 21st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Argentinean Soccer Player.

Mario Kempes is most famous for being the top scorer in the 1978 World Cup, where he led Argentina to victory.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 65

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Mario Kempes ranks 52 out of 21,273. Before him are Omar Sívori, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Romário, Paolo Rossi, Stanley Matthews, and László Kubala. After him are Junji Nishikawa, Ricardo Zamora, Fernando Santos, Flórián Albert, Roberto Carlos, and Francisco Gento.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Mario Kempes ranks 17. Before him are Halimah Yacob, James Cameron, Sócrates, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Emir Kusturica, and Jean-Claude Juncker. After him are Fernando Santos, Kazuo Ishiguro, Oprah Winfrey, Dieter Bohlen, Stieg Larsson, and Ray Liotta.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Mario Kempes ranks 18 out of 1,154. Before him are Jorge Rafael Videla (1925), Martha Argerich (1941), Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (1953), Daniel Barenboim (1942), José de San Martín (1778), and Omar Sívori (1935). After him are Carlos Menem (1930), Leopoldo Galtieri (1926), Héctor Cúper (1955), Gabriel Batistuta (1969), Diego Simeone (1970), and Guillermo Stábile (1905).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Argentina

Among soccer players born in Argentina, Mario Kempes ranks 5. Before him are Diego Maradona (1960), Alfredo Di Stéfano (1926), Lionel Messi (1987), and Omar Sívori (1935). After him are Gabriel Batistuta (1969), Guillermo Stábile (1905), Daniel Passarella (1953), Helenio Herrera (1910), César Luis Menotti (1938), Luis Monti (1901), and Javier Zanetti (1973).

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