Luis Artime

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Luis Artime
Artime with Palmeiras in 1969
Personal information
Full name Luis Artime
Date of birth (1938-12-02) 2 December 1938 (age 85)
Place of birth Parque Civit, Argentina
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)
Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1962 Atlanta 67 (50)
1963–1966 River Plate 80 (70)
1967–1968 Independiente 72 (45)
1968–1969
Palmeiras[1][2]
16 (11)
1969–1972 Nacional 56 (61)
1972
Fluminense[3]
5 (0)
1973–1974 Nacional 10 (4)
Total 306 (241)
International career
1961–1967[4] Argentina 25 (24)
Managerial career
1975
Atlético Tucumán
1979–1980 Atlanta
Club Renato Cesarini 1983
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luis Artime (born 2 December 1938) is an Argentine former

striker, and scored more than 1,000 goals during his career.[5] His son Luis Fabián Artime
is also a retired Argentine footballer who played in the 1990s.

Club career

Artime was born in Parque Civit in Mendoza Province. He had a remarkably successful career in club football, he was top scorer four times in the Argentine league, three times in the Uruguayan league and once in the Copa Libertadores. He won one Argentine league title, three Uruguayan league titles and the Copa Libertadores in 1971.

Artime started his career at

Nacional 1967
, he was also topscorer in the tournament.

In 1969, he moved to Brazil to play for

Palmeiras, but he did not stay long, and soon left to join Nacional
of Uruguay. His first spell at Nacional was the most productive of his career; he won three Urugauyan league titles in a row, topscoring in each tournament, and in 1971 he helped the team to win the Copa Libertadores.

In 1972, he tried his luck in Brazil for a second time, but returned to Nacional in Uruguay after only one season at

Peñarol
. Artime retired from football in 1974.

International career

Playing for the

South American Championship 1967
, where he was the top goalscorer.

Honours

Club

Independiente

Palmeiras

Nacional

National Team

Argentina

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Estadao.com.br - Acervo". Acervo Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese).
  2. ^ [1] Fut80 (in Portuguese)
  3. ^ "Jornal dos Sports". Biblioteca Nacional Digital (in Portuguese).
  4. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
    .
  5. ^ "Legends section of Independiente's web-site". Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  6. ^ RSSSF Topscorers in Argentina
  7. ^ "South American Player of the Year 1971". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  8. ^ "IFFHS ALL TIME ARGENTINA MEN'S DREAM TEAM". 26 August 2021.