*Best Jersey to be Auctioned of KEMPES* Mario Kempes #9 ROOKIE Instituto de Cordoba (Argentina) MATCH WORN SHIRT for Argentine League 1972-73.

*Incredible Piece as it is Kempes early existance shirt!*

*Provenance: Collection of former Argentina National Team Player and COA*

Mario Alberto Kempes Chiodi ( 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 best 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 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.

Shirt details: Tag is blurred. Heavy usage. Number in leather-plastic material stitched.