Luis Artime

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Luis Artime
Luis Artime during his time at River Plate
Personal information
Full name	Luis Artime
Date of birth	December 2, 1938 (1938-12-02) (age 69)
Place of birth	Parque Civit, Argentina
Playing position	striker
Club information
Current club	Retired
Number	-
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1959-1961 1962-1965 1966-1968 1969 1969-1971 1972 1973-1974	Atlanta River Plate Independiente Palmeiras Nacional Fluminense Nacional	67 (50) 80 (70) 72 (45)  ? (?)  ? (?)  ? (?)  ? (?)
National team
1961-1967	Argentina	25 (24)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Luis Artime (born 2 December 1938 in Parque Civit in Mendoza Province) is a retired Argentine footballer, who played as a striker, and scored more than 1000 goals during his career.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Club career

Artime 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 Club Atlético Atlanta but in 1959, he was transferred to Argentine giants River Plate where he became the top scorer in Argentina on three occasions ^[1]. In 1966 he moved to Independiente where he helped the team to win the Primera Nacional in 1967, he was also topscorer in the tournament.

In 1969 he moved to Brazil to play for Palmeiras, but he didn't stay long, and soon left to join Nacional of Uruguay. His first spell at Nacional was the most productive of his career; he won 3 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 Fluminense. His second spell at Nacional was overshadowed by the successes of eternal rivals Peñarol. Artime retired from football in 1974.

[edit] International career

Playing for the Argentina national football team, Artime scored 24 goals in 25 caps, making him Argentina's 4th 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 1966 FIFA World Cup and at the South American Championship 1967, where he was the top goalscorer.

[edit] Honours

Season	Club	Title
1962	River Plate	Primera Division Argentina Topscorer: 25 goals
1963	River Plate	Primera Division Argentina Topscorer: 25 goals
1966	Independiente	Primera Division Argentina Topscorer: 23 goals
Nacional 1967	Independiente	Primera Division Argentina Champions
Nacional 1967	Independiente	Primera Division Argentina Topscorer: 11 goals
1969	Nacional	Primera División Uruguaya Champions
1969	Nacional	Primera División Uruguaya Topscorer: 24 goals
1970	Nacional	Primera División Uruguaya Champions
1970	Nacional	Primera División Uruguaya Topscorer: 21 goals
1971	Nacional	Primera División Uruguaya Champions
1971	Nacional	Primera División Uruguaya Topscorer: 16 goals
1971	Nacional	Copa Libertadores Champions
1971	Nacional	Copa Libertadores Topscorer: 10 goals

• South American Championship 1967 top goalscorer with 5 goals for Argentina.

Artime is 8th in the Copa Libertadores all time topscorers list with a total of 26 goals ^[2].

[edit] References

1. ^ RSSSF Topscorers in Argentina
2. ^ RSSSF Copa Libertadores topscorers

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