Kempes (Brazilian footballer)

Everton Kempes dos Santos Gonçalves (3 August 1982 – 28 November 2016), commonly known as Kempes, was a Brazilian footballer who last played as a forward for Chapecoense.

Kempes
Personal information
Full nameEverton Kempes dos Santos Gonçalves
Date of birth(1982-08-03)3 August 1982
Place of birthCarpina, Brazil
Date of death28 November 2016(2016-11-28) (aged 34)
Place of deathLa Unión, Colombia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)Forward
Youth career
1999–2001Canto do Rio
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001Canto do Rio
2002–2003Nacional de Muriaé
2004Paraná2(0)
2005Estrela do Norte3(0)
2006Vitória-ES17(5)
2006Sertãozinho19(4)
200715 de Novembro15(8)
2007Ceará0(0)
2008Caxias13(5)
2008Ipatinga (loan)14(1)
2009Criciúma18(9)
2009–2013Portuguesa47(10)
2010Novo Hamburgo (loan)9(1)
2010Ceará (loan)9(0)
2011América Mineiro (loan)32(13)
2012Cerezo Osaka (loan)27(7)
2013–2014JEF United Chiba71(35)
2015Joinville39(9)
2016Chapecoense44(14)
Total379(121)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kempes was one of the victims when LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 crashed on 28 November 2016.

Club career

Born in Carpina, Pernambuco, Kempes moved to Rio de Janeiro at early age, and joined Canto do Rio at the age of 17 after impressing on a trial.[1] He was promoted to the first team in 2001,[2] and subsequently represented Nacional de Muriaé[3] before joining Série A club Paraná in 2004.

After being rarely used, Kempes moved to Espírito Santo and played for Estrela do Norte[4] and Vitória, winning the 2006 Campeonato Capixaba with the latter.[5] Spells at Sertãozinho and 15 de Novembro de Campo Bom followed before signing a contract with Ceará on 11 July 2007.[6]

In 2008 Kempes joined Caxias,[7] and after being the club's top goalscorer in the year's Campeonato Gaúcho, signed for Ipatinga on loan;[8] at the latter he scored his first top tier goal, in a 2–1 home win against Fluminense on 10 August.[9] On 11 January 2009, he was presented at Criciúma.[10]

On 4 June 2009, Kempes was transferred to Portuguesa, who bought 70% of his federative rights.[11] He failed to impress during his spell at Lusa, and subsequently served loan spells at Novo Hamburgo,[12] Ceará,[13] América Mineiro[14] and Cerezo Osaka before joining JEF United Chiba permanently on 1 February 2013.[15]

Kempes returned to Brazil on 2 March 2015, signing for Joinville.[16] On 16 December 2015, he joined state rivals Chapecoense.[17]

Death

Kempes was one of the 71 fatal victims from LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 crash, on 28 November 2016. The aircraft was taking the Chapecoense team to Medellin where they would play the first match of finals of 2016 Copa Sudamericana.[18]

Club statistics

As of 27 November 2016.[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueState LeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Paraná2004Série A200020
Estrela do Norte2005Série C30000012[a]5155
Vitória-ES2006Série C61114175
15 de Novembro2007Gaúcho158158
Ceará2007Série B0000
Caxias2008Série C00135135
Ipatinga2008Série A141141
Criciúma2009Série C20169452214
Portuguesa2009Série B203203
2010135135
20110012221143
2012Série A0000
201300200020
Total338142214911
Novo Hamburgo (loan)2010Gaúcho9191
Ceará (loan)2010Série A9090
América Mineiro (loan)2011Série A32133213
Cerezo Osaka (loan)2012J1 League277005[b]1328
JEF United Chiba2013J2 League3822001[c]03922
201433132[d]11[c]03614
Total713521207536
Joinville2015Série A30693201[e]0429
Chapecoense2016Série A269185524[e]05316
Career total255831053817950196398136

Honours

Club

Estrela do Norte
Vitória-ES
Portuguesa
Chapecoense

Individual

JEF United Chiba

References

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