Héctor Chumpitaz
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Héctor Chumpitaz (born December 4, 1944) is a former footballer from Peru. Chumpitaz is considered by many to be one of that sport's greatest players ever, and was named to the list of best World Cup players of all time by Terra.com in 2006. He is a native of Cañete.
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. On April 3 of that year, Chumpitaz played his first game as a member of Peru's national soccer team, when the Peruvians lost to Paraguay, 1-0, in Lima.
On May 16 of '65, Chumpitaz played his first World Cup qualifier game, as Peru beat Venezuela, 1-0, in Lima. His first game abroad came later that year, as Peru and Venezuela held a rematch in Caracas, with the Peruvians defeating the Venezuelans by a score of 6-3.
During 1966, Chumpitaz began playing for Universitario, where he would participate for almost one decade. Chumpitaz secured his first World Cup action when Peru's national team 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 Peruvians defeated Bulgaria, 3-2, in León, Mexico. Although Peru advanced to the second round of that World Cup, they were eliminated by Brazil on June 14 in Guadalajara, by a score of 4-2.
Chumpitaz played for Peru's national team in the 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 the Peruvian team lost in its group's final game to Yugoslavia, 2-1.
In the early 1970's, All-Star teams from the American and European continents played against each other in Barcelona, Spain. Soccer greats such as Johan Cruyff, Franz Beckenbauer, Teofilo Cubillas participated in that game. Chumpitaz was selected captain of the American continent's team thus earning the nickname "America's Captain."
In 1975, Chumpitaz played for the national team that won the Copa America held in Colombia. The following year, he was signed, for the first time, by an international club, when he played with the Atlas team in Mexico. In 1977, he went on to play for Sporting Cristal, a team he would play with until 1984.
Chumpitaz returned to the World Cup in 1978, when Peru played for the FIFA's most heralded championship in Argentina. Peru played six games in that World Cup, winning three of them. This would turn out to be Chumpitaz's last World Cup participation; he retired from the Peruvian national team after the team qualified for the 1982 World Cup, held in Spain. Chumpitaz played a total of 105 games with the national team.
Chumpitaz retired from professional association football after 1984.
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 $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 8th, 2005, the Supreme Court of Peru nullified the sentence against Chumpitaz.
He is very close friends with the Sandoval Family in Connecticut; his godchild is the singer Stephanie Sandoval sister of one of Ct's top RN Casandra Sandoval.
Chumpitaz is also linked to Connecticut's famous english writer Flor Mayor
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Peru squad - 1970 World Cup Quarter Finalists | |
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1 Rubinos | 2 Campos | 3 de la Torre | 4 Chumpitaz | 5 Fuentes | 6 Mifflin | 7 Challe | 8 Baylon | 9 Leon | 10 Cubillas | 11 Gallardo | 12 Correa | 13 P. Gonzalez | 14 Fernandez | 15 J. Gonzalez | 16 Salinas | 17 Cruzado | 18 del Castillo | 19 Reyes | 20 Sotil | 21 Goyzueta | 22 Ramirez | Coach: Didi |
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Peru squad - 1978 World Cup | |
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1 Sartor | 2 Duarte | 3 Manzo | 4 Chumpitaz | 5 Diaz | 6 Velásquez | 7 Muñante | 8 Cueto | 9 P. Rojas | 10 Cubillas | 11 Oblitas | 12 Mosquera | 13 Cáceres | 14 Navarro | 15 Leguía | 16 Gorriti | 17 Quesada | 18 Labarthe | 19 La Rosa | 20 Sotil | 21 Quiroga | 22 R. Rojas | Coach: Medrano |
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