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Mario Alberto Kempes Chiodi is a retired Argentine footballer. His father, Mario, also a footballer, inspired him to play from a young age. At the age of seven he began playing with a junior team and at fourteen, he joined the Talleres reserves. A prolific goalscorer, he is most notable for playing for Valencia, finishing as La Liga's top goalscorer twice, and being the focal point of Argentina's 1978 World Cup win where he received the World Cup Golden Boot.
Kempes won South American 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.
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