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Hector Chumpitaz
Personal information
Full name Héctor Eduardo Chumpitaz González
Date of birth (1943-04-12) April 12, 1943 (age 81)
Place of birth Cañete, Peru
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
Universitario
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1965 Deportivo Municipal 32 (5)
1966–1975 Universitario 245 (46[1])
1975–1977 Atlas 60 (6)
1977–1984 Sporting Cristal 128 (8[1])
Total 465 (65)
International career
1965–1981 Peru 105 (3)
Managerial career
1985 Unión Huaral
1985–1986 Sporting Cristal
1991 AELU
2012 Deportivo Municipal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Héctor Eduardo Chumpitaz Gonzáles (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈektoɾ ˈtʃumpitas]; born April 12, 1943 in Cañete) is a former footballer from Peru. He, Teófilo Cubillas and Hugo Sotil have been some of Peru's most recognized football players.

He was the captain of the Peru national football team that was victorious at Copa America 1975 and during the 1970 and 1978 World Cups. He was nicknamed El Capitán de America (America's Captain) being selected captain of the American continent's team that played against Europe.

Chumpitaz is considered one of the greatest South American defenders of all-time and was named to the list of best World Cup players of all time by Terra.com in 2006. He was elected the 35th best South American footballer of the 20th century in a poll by the IFFHS in 2000.[2]

Career

At the age of 19, Chumpitaz joined a second division team in Peru, the Unidad Vecinal. Chumpitaz became a first division player in 1964, when he was signed by Deportivo Municipal, a team where he stayed until 1965.

During 1966, Chumpitaz began playing for Universitario de Deportes, where he was part of the team that won 5 Peruvian league championships (1966, 1967, 1969, 1971 and 1974).

Chumpitaz captained the Universitario de Deportes side to a runner up in the Copa Libertadores 1972, losing 2-1 to Independiente of the Argentina in the final.

In 1973, All-Star teams from the American and European continents played against each other in Barcelona, Spain. Soccer greats such as Johan Cruyff and Franz Beckenbauer participated in that game. Chumpitaz was selected captain of the American continent's team[3] thus earning the nickname America's Captain. The game finishes 4-4 and in Penalty kicks, America wins 7-6.

The following year, he was signed, for the first time, by an international club, when he played with the Club Atlas team in Mexico.

In 1977, he went on to play for Sporting Cristal, a team he would play with until 1984. He won 3 Peruvian league championships (1979, 1980 and 1983).

He became the national soccer top scoring defender of Peruvian Primera División, with 65 goals in 456 matches.

International career

On April 3 of that year, Chumpitaz played his debut game on the Peru national football team, when Peru lost to Paraguay, 1-0, in Lima. On May 16, 1965, Chumpitaz played his debut World Cup qualifier game, as Peru beat Venezuela, 1-0, in Lima. His debut international game came that year, as Peru and Venezuela held a rematch in Caracas, with Peru defeating the Venezuelans, 6-3.

Chumpitaz secured his first World Cup action when Peru national football team, winning 1-0 in Lima, and soon tied with Argentina, 2-2, on August 31, 1969 in Buenos Aires. Chumpitaz played his first World Cup game on June 2, 1970, when the Peru defeated Bulgaria, 3-2, in León, Mexico. Although Peru advanced to the quarterfinals of that World Cup, they were eliminated by Brazil on June 14 in Guadalajara, by a score of 4-2.[4]

Chumpitaz played for Peru's national team in the Brazil Independence Cup, held between June 18 and June 25, 1972, in Manaus, Brazil. He helped his team to the championship game with a 1-0 victory over Venezuela, but Peru lost in its group's final game to Yugoslavia, 2-1.

In 1975, Chumpitaz played for the national team that won the Copa America held in Colombia.[5]

Chumpitaz returned to the World Cup in 1978,[6] when Peru played for the FIFA's most heralded championship in Argentina. Peru played six games in that World Cup, winning three of them. Peru were eliminated after losing to hosts Argentina, 6-0. Chumpitaz was substituted 10 minutes into the second half of a game repeatedly mired in allegations of match-fixing to allow Argentina to qualify for the final at the expense of Brazil. Chumpitaz for his part said there was no reason for his substitution.[7] This would turn out to be Chumpitaz's last World Cup participation; he retired from the Peru national football team after the team qualified for the 1982 World Cup, held in Spain. Chumpitaz played a total of 105 games with the national team.

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 18 June 1969 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru  Colombia 1–1 Draw Friendly
2. 2 June 1970 Estadio Nou Camp, León, Mexico  Bulgaria 3–2 Win 1970 FIFA World Cup
3. 10 October 1979 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru  Paraguay 2–3 Lost Friendly
Correct as of 8 March 2012[8]

Honours

Universitario de Deportes

Sporting Cristal

National team

Individual awards

  • 1969 Best Defender CONMEBOL
  • 1971 Best Defender CONMEBOL
  • 1973 All Stars CONMEBOL: Captain[9]
  • 2000 World Soccer's: The 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time[10]
  • 2004 South American - Player of the Century: Ranking Nº 35[11]
  • 2007 Midfield Dynamo's 10 Heroes of the Copa América[12]
  • 2007 Copa America All-Star team, all-time[13]
  • 2008 All Stars CONMEBOL in the last 50 years[14]
  • 2008 Defender all-time scoring: Ranking Nº 32[15]

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Peru League Cup South America Total
1964 Deportivo Municipal Primera División Peruana 0 0 - -
1965 -
1966 Universitario Primera División Peruana 10 2
1967 13 3
1968 10 1
1969
1970 8 0
1971 8 1
1972 7 0
1973 2 0
1974
1975
Mexico League Copa México North America Total
1975-76 Atlas Primera División
1976-77 -
Peru League Cup South America Total
1977 Sporting Cristal Primera División Peruana -
1978 4 0
1979
1980 6 1
1981 6 1
1982
1983
Total Peru 404 60 0 0 74 9 478 69
Mexico 52 5 0 0 0 0 52 5
Career total 456 65 0 0 74 9 530 74

Current life

Despite retiring, Chumpitaz continued being a public figure, and, on December 3, 2004, he was found guilty and sentenced to four years of suspended sentence (probation), for allegedly accepting US$30,000 from presidential advisor and right-hand man Vladimiro Montesinos, supposedly after joining former minister Juan Carlos Hurtado in latter's quest to become mayor of Lima in 1998, during Alberto Fujimori's presidency. After the appeals process, on April 8, 2005, the Supreme Court of Peru nullified the sentence against Chumpitaz.

References

  1. ^ a b Behr, Raul. "Oh capitán, mi capitán" (in Spanish). Dechalaca.com. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  2. ^ IFFHS' Century Elections Archived March 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine - rsssf.com - by Karel Stokkermans, RSSSF, 2000.
  3. ^ Captains the American and European: Chumpitaz and Cruyff
  4. ^ World Cup 1970
  5. ^ Copa América 1975 Archived March 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ World Cup 1978
  7. ^ Dr Henry Kissinger and football's longest unsolved riddle, Channel 4
  8. ^ Héctor Chumpitaz - Century of International Appearances
  9. ^ 1973 All Star CONMEBOL
  10. ^ World Soccer's: The 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time Archived December 31, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ South American - Player of the Century Archived December 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Midfield Dynamo's 10 Heroes of the Copa América Héctor Chumpitaz listed in the top 10
  13. ^ "Copa America All-Stars of All Time". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
  14. ^ Named in the Ideal Selection of sudamerica in the last 50 years
  15. ^ The World's 80 most successful Top Division Goal Scorers among the defensive Players of all time

External links

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