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

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, who played as a striker, and scored more than 1,000 goals during his career. 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 Mendoza (), officially the Province of Mendoza, is a province of Argentina, in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region. It borders San Juan to the north, La Pampa and Neuquén to the south, San Luis to the east, and the r ...

. 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

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. He won one Argentine league title, three Uruguayan league titles and the Copa Libertadores in 1971. Artime started his career at

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but in 1962 he was transferred to Argentine giants River Plate where he became the top scorer in Argentina on three occasions. In 1966 he moved to Independiente where he helped the team to win the

Nacional 1967 Nacional, the Portuguese and Spanish word for "national", may refer to: Airlines * Nacional Transportes Aéreos, a Brazilian airline defunct in 2002 * Transportes Aéreos Nacional, a Brazilian airline defunct in 1961 Bank * Banco Nacional, ...

, he was also topscorer in the tournament. In 1969, he moved to Brazil to play for

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, but he did not stay long, and soon left to join

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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

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. His second spell at Nacional was overshadowed by the successes of eternal rivals

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. Artime retired from football in 1974.

International career

Playing for the

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, Artime scored 24 goals in 25 caps, making him Argentina's 8th highest goalscorer to date. His strike rate of 0.96 goals per game for Argentina also makes him one of the most prolific goalscorers in Argentine international football. He played at the

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and at the

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, where he was the top goalscorer.

Honours

Club

Independiente *

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: 1967 Nacional Palmeiras * Campeonato Brasileiro:

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runner-up:

Nacional *

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National Team

Argentina *

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: 1964

Individual

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Top Scorer: 1962 (25 goals), 1963 (25 goals), 1966 (23 goals), Nacional 1967 (11 goals) *

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Top Scorer: 1967 (5 goals) *

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Top Scorer: 1969 (24 goals), 1970 (21 goals), 1971 (16 goals) *

Top Scorer: 1971 (10 goals) *

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Top Scorer: 1971 (3 goals) * South American Footballer of the Year Bronze Award: 1971 *

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References

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