Mario Kempes Quotes
It is very difficult to play beside Messi and whoever understands it any other way is a fool.
Topics
Competition
Greatness
Pressure
Performance
Soccer
Any Other Way
Teammates
High Expectations
Leader, Leaders, Leadership
Difficulty Level
Exceptional Player
Exceptional Talent
Football Difficulty
Football Expertise
Football Greatness
Football Skill
Lionel Messi
Talent Comparison
Teamwork Challenges
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Mario Alberto Kempes Chiodi is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker. His father, Mario, also a footballer, inspired him to play from a young age. He is also widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time. At the age of seven he began playing with a junior team and at fourteen, he joined the Talleres reserves. A prolific goalscorer, at club level he is best known for playing for Valencia, finishing as La Liga's top goalscorer twice, and amassing 116 goals in 184 league games for the club.