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Héctor Eduardo Chumpitaz Gonzales (; born April 12, 1943 in Cañete) is a former footballer from Peru. He, with Teófilo Cubillas and Hugo Sotil, have been some of Peru's most recognized football players He was the captain of the Peruvian national team that was victorious at Copa America 1975 and during the 1970 and 1978 World Cups, Nicknamed El Capitán de America (''America's Captain'') because of his great technique, his leadership, his organisation ability on the field and was selected captain of the American continent's team. 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.〔(IFFHS' Century Elections ) - rsssf.com - by Karel Stokkermans, RSSSF, 2000.〕 ==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 5 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. Soccer greats such as Johan Cruyff, Franz Beckenbauer, Teófilo Cubillas participated in that game. Chumpitaz was selected captain of the American continent's team〔(Captains the American and European: Chumpitaz and Cruyff )〕 thus earning the nickname ''America's Captain''. The game finishes 4-4 and in Penalty kicks, America wins 7-6. The following year, he was signed, for the first time, by an international club, when he played with the Club Atlas team in Mexico. In 1977, he went on to play for Sporting Cristal, a team he would play with until 1984. He won 3 Peruvian league championships (1979, 1980 and 1983). He became Peruvian history's top scoring defender of first division, with 65 goals in 456 matches. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Héctor Chumpitaz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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