Luis Artime
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luis Artime | ||
Date of birth | 2 December 1938 | ||
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 | 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
- Campeonato Brasileiro: 1969
- Campeonato Paulista runner-up: 1969
Nacional
National Team
Argentina
- Taça das Nações: 1964
Individual
- Primera Division ArgentinaTop Scorer: 1962 (25 goals), 1963 (25 goals), 1966 (23 goals), Nacional 1967 (11 goals)
- South American Championship Top Scorer: 1967 (5 goals)
- Primera División UruguayaTop Scorer: 1969 (24 goals), 1970 (21 goals), 1971 (16 goals)
- Copa Libertadores Top Scorer: 1971 (10 goals)
- Copa IntercontinentalTop Scorer: 1971 (3 goals)
- South American Footballer of the Year Bronze Award: 1971[7]
- IFFHS Argentina All Times Dream Team (Team C): 2021[8]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Luis Artime.
- ^ "Estadao.com.br - Acervo". Acervo Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ [1] Fut80 (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Jornal dos Sports". Biblioteca Nacional Digital (in Portuguese).
- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- ^ "Legends section of Independiente's web-site". Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ^ RSSSF Topscorers in Argentina
- ^ "South American Player of the Year 1971". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ "IFFHS ALL TIME ARGENTINA MEN'S DREAM TEAM". 26 August 2021.