Héctor Chumpitaz

Héctor Eduardo Chumpitaz Gonzáles (Latin American Spanish: [ˈeɣtoɾ ˈtʃumpitas]; born 12 April 1943, in Cañete) is a former footballer from Peru. He was voted one of the greatest defenders of all time,[2] among the 30 best defenders in football history,[3] and included within the 100 best players in the history of the World Cup by FIFA in 2018.[4] He is also a member of the Historic Ideal Team of Copa América by CONMEBOL.[5] In addition, he is the seventh highest-scoring South American defender in football history, with 65 official goals.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Chumpitaz and the second or maternal family name is González.
Hector Chumpitaz
Personal information
Full name Héctor Eduardo Chumpitaz González
Date of birth (1943-04-12) April 12, 1943
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
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Peru
Copa América
Winner1975
Bronze medal – third place1979
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Considered by FIFA as one of the best South American defenders of all time, Chumpitaz is also one of the greatest exponents in the history of Peruvian football.[6] He spent most of his career at Universitario de Deportes and Sporting Cristal. He currently has a football school named as him, where he is dedicated to training minors.

Chumpitaz was regarded one of the best defenders in the world during the late 1960s and early 1970s, and is widely considered one of the four best South American defenders of all time along with Elías Figueroa, José Nasazzi, and Daniel Passarella. With great defensive skills, excellent reading of the game, possession and distribution of the ball and an imposing leader role, he became one of the most legendary figures of Universitario de Deportes, a club with which he won five titles in the Peruvian League and was a finalist in the Copa Libertadores in 1972.

In addition to having won three other national titles with Sporting Cristal, Chumpitaz is remembered for having been captain of the American team that played a friendly match against the stars of Europe, among them were Giacinto Facchetti, Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, Johan Cruyff —who was the captain of Europe, among other figures. It was there that he was given the nickname "El Capitán de America" ("America's Captain").

At the national team level, for almost fifteen years Chumpitaz was the captain and great defensive bulwark of the Peru national football team that won the Copa América 1975 and reached the quarterfinals in the FIFA World Cup of Mexico 1970 and Argentina 1978.

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.[7]

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 five 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. Football greats such as Johan Cruyff and Franz Beckenbauer participated in that game. Chumpitaz was selected captain of the American continent's team,[8] thus earning the nickname "America's Captain". The game finished 4–4 and in Penalty kicks, America won 7–6.

The following year, Chumpitaz was signed for the first time by an international club, Club Atlas of Mexico.

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

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

International career

On April 3, 1965, Chumpitaz played his debut game with 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 where Peru beat Venezuela, 1–0, in Lima. His debut international game came that same 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.[9]

Chumpitaz played for Peru's national team in the Brazil Independence Cup, held between June 18 and 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.[10]

Chumpitaz returned to the World Cup in 1978,[11] when Peru played for the FIFA's most heralded championship in Argentina. Peru played six games in that World Cup, winning two 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.[12] 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
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.June 18, 1969Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru Colombia1–1DrawFriendly
2.June 2, 1970Estadio Nou Camp, León, Mexico Bulgaria3–2Win1970 FIFA World Cup
3.October 10, 1979Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru Paraguay2–3LostFriendly
Correct as of March 8, 2012[13]

Honours

Universitario de Deportes

Sporting Cristal

National team

Individual awards
  • 1969 Best Defender CONMEBOL
  • 1971 Best Defender CONMEBOL
  • 1973 All Stars CONMEBOL: Captain[14]
  • 2000 World Soccer's: The 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time[15]
  • 2004 South American – Player of the Century: Ranking Nº 35[16]
  • 2007 Midfield Dynamo's 10 Heroes of the Copa América[17]
  • 2007 Copa America All-Star team, all-time[18]
  • 2008 All Stars CONMEBOL in the last 50 years[19]
  • 2008 Defender all-time scoring: Ranking Nº 32[20]
  • Copa América Historical Dream Team: 2011

Career statistics
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Peru League Cup South America Total
1964Deportivo MunicipalPrimera División Peruana00--
1965-
1966UniversitarioPrimera División Peruana102
1967133
1968101
1969
197080
197181
197270
197320
1974
1975
Mexico League Copa México North America Total
1975–76AtlasPrimera División
1976–77-
Peru League Cup South America Total
1977Sporting CristalPrimera División Peruana-
197840
1979
198061
198161
1982
1983
Total Peru 404600074947869
Mexico 5250000525
Career total 456650074953074

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.[21][22]

See also

References
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  5. "Elías Figueroa integra el once sudamericano de todos los tiempos". www.cooperativa.cl. 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
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  17. Midfield Dynamo's 10 Heroes of the Copa América Héctor Chumpitaz listed in the top 10
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  19. "Named in the Ideal Selection of sudamerica in the last 50 years". Archived from the original on 4 March 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
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