Luis Artime

Football player infobox
playername = Luis Artime


fullname = Luis Artime
height =
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1938|12|2
cityofbirth = Parque Civit
countryofbirth = Argentina
currentclub = Retired
clubnumber = -
position = striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1959-1961
1962-1965
1966-1968
1969
1969-1971
1972
1973-1974
clubs = Atlanta
River Plate
Independiente
Palmeiras
Nacional
Fluminense
Nacional
caps(goals) = 67 (50)
80 (70)
72 (45)
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nationalyears = 1961-1967
nationalteam = Argentina
nationalcaps(goals) = 25 (24)

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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.Fact|date=February 2007

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 [ [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/argtops.html RSSSF Topscorers in Argentina] ] . 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.

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.

Honours

*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 [ [http://www.rsssf.com/sacups/copalibtops.html RSSSF Copa Libertadores topscorers] ] .

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