(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.
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 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
Fluminese . His second spell at Nacional was overshadowed by the successes of eternal rivals
Peñarol . Artime retired from football in 1974.
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.
Artime is 8th in the Copa Libertadores all time topscorers list with a total of 26 goals
RSSSF Copa Libertadores topscorers .
