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{{short description|Peruvian footballer (born 1943)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{family name hatnote|Chumpitaz|González|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Héctor Chumpitaz
| image          = Héctor Chumpitaz.png
| caption        = 
| fullname       = Héctor Eduardo Chumpitaz González
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1943|4|12}}
| birth_place    = [[San Vicente de Cañete|Cañete]], Peru
| height         = 1.70 m
| position       = [[Centre back]]
| currentclub    = 
| clubnumber     = 
| youthyears1    = 
| youthclubs1    = [[Universitario de Deportes|Universitario]]
| years1         = 1964–1965
| clubs1         = [[Deportivo Municipal (Peru)|Deportivo Municipal]]
| caps1          = 32
| goals1         = 5
| years2         = 1966–1975
| clubs2         = [[Universitario de Deportes|Universitario]]
| caps2          = 245
| goals2         = 46<ref name=estadisticas>{{cite web|last=Behr|first=Raul|title=Oh capitán, mi capitán|url=http://dechalaca.com/informes/estadisticas/oh-capitan-mi-capitan|publisher=Dechalaca.com|access-date=April 15, 2014|language=es}}</ref>
| years3         = 1975–1977
| clubs3         = [[Club Atlas|Atlas]]
| caps3          = 60
| goals3         = 6
| years4         = 1977–1984
| clubs4         = [[Sporting Cristal]]
| caps4          = 128
| goals4         = 8<ref name=estadisticas />
| totalcaps      = 465
| totalgoals     = 65
| nationalyears1 = 1965–1981
| nationalteam1  = [[Peru national football team|Peru]]
| nationalcaps1  = 105
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| manageryears1  = 1985
| managerclubs1  = [[Unión Huaral]]
| manageryears2  = 1985–1986
| managerclubs2  = [[Sporting Cristal]]
| manageryears3  = 1991
| managerclubs3  = [[Deportivo AELU|AELU]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|PER}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Copa América]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[Copa América 1975|1975]]|}}
{{Medal|B|[[Copa América 1979|1979]]|}}
}}

'''Héctor Eduardo Chumpitaz Gonzáles''' ({{IPA|es-419|ˈeɣtoɾ ˈtʃumpitas|lang}}; born 12 April 1943, in [[San Vicente de Cañete|Cañete]]) is a former [[association football|footballer]] from [[Peru]]. He was voted one of the greatest [[Defender (association football)|defenders]] of all time,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://larepublica.pe/deportes/1389456-hector-chumpitaz-nominado-mejores-defensas-diario-as-espana-foto-twitter/ |title=Héctor Chumpitaz es nominado entre los uno de los mejores defensas según Diario as de España &#124; FOTO &#124; Twitter &#124; Deportes - la República |access-date=February 11, 2021 |archive-date=April 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423081046/https://larepublica.pe/deportes/1389456-hector-chumpitaz-nominado-mejores-defensas-diario-as-espana-foto-twitter/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> among the 30 best [[Defender (association football)|defenders]] in football history,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/es/noticias/los-mejores-defensores-de-la-historia/1wexy8qd4dt591llolv2jvfxsz|title=¿Quiénes son los mejores defensores de la historia en el futbol? &#124; Goal.com|website=www.goal.com|accessdate=April 30, 2021}}</ref> and included within the 100 best players in the history of the [[World Cup]] by [[FIFA]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rpp.pe/futbol/futbol-mundial/fifa-recordo-a-hector-cumpitaz-como-representante-de-la-seleccion-peruana-noticia-1109008|title=FIFA recordó a Héctor Cumpitaz como representante de la Selección Peruana|website=rpp.pe|date=7 March 2018 |accessdate=April 30, 2021}}</ref> He is also a member of the Historic Ideal Team of [[Copa América]] by [[CONMEBOL]].<ref>{{cite web |year = 2007 |url = http://www.cooperativa.cl/p4_noticias/site/artic/20070928/pags/20070928121237.html |title = Elías Figueroa integra el once sudamericano de todos los tiempos |website = www.cooperativa.cl |access-date = 27 September 2014}}</ref> In addition, he is the seventh highest-scoring South American defender in football history, with 65 official 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.futbolperuano.com/seleccion/historia/fifa-considero-a-hector-chumpitaz-como-uno-de-los-mejores-defensores-de-la-historia-182467|title=FIFA consideró a Héctor Chumpitaz como uno de los mejores defensores de la historia|last=Redacción-Futbolperuano.com|date=March 7, 2018|website=Futbolperuano.com|accessdate=April 30, 2021}}</ref> He spent most of his career at [[Club Universitario de Deportes|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 [[Club Universitario de Deportes|Universitario de Deportes]], a club with which he won five titles in the [[Peruvian First Division|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 (association football)|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 [[Defender (association football)|defender]]s of all-time and was named to the list of best [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] players of all time by [[Terra.com]] in 2006. He was elected the 35th best South American [[Association football|footballer]] of the 20th century in a poll by the [[IFFHS]] in 2000.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iffhs-century.html IFFHS' Century Elections] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303065744/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/iffhs-century.html#worldpoc |date=March 3, 2009 }} – rsssf.com – by Karel Stokkermans, [[RSSSF]], 2000.</ref>

==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 (Peru)|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 [[Primera División Peruana|Peruvian league championships]] (1966, 1967, 1969, 1971 and 1974).

Chumpitaz captained the [[Universitario de Deportes]] side to a runner-up place in the [[Copa Libertadores 1972]], losing 2–1 to [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]] of [[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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkivperu.com/arkiv_chumpi-cruyff.jpg|title=Captains the American and European: Chumpitaz and Cruyff|accessdate=April 30, 2021|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182626/http://www.arkivperu.com/arkiv_chumpi-cruyff.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref> thus earning the nickname "America's Captain". The game finished 4–4 and in [[Penalty kick (association football)|Penalty kick]]s, 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 [[Primera División Peruana|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 national football team|Paraguay]], 1–0, in [[Lima]]. On May 16, 1965, Chumpitaz played his debut [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] qualifier game where [[Peru]] beat [[Venezuela national football team|Venezuela]], 1–0, in [[Lima]]. His debut international game came that same year as [[Peru]] and [[Venezuela]] held a rematch in [[Caracas, Venezuela|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 national football team|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 national football team|Bulgaria]], 3–2, in [[León, Guanajuato|León]], Mexico. Although Peru advanced to the quarterfinals of that World Cup, they were eliminated by [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] on June 14 in [[Guadalajara, Jalisco|Guadalajara]], by a score of 4–2.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/70full.html|title=World Cup 1970 finals|website=[[RSSSF]]|accessdate=April 30, 2021}}</ref>

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 national football team|Yugoslavia]], 2–1.

In 1975, Chumpitaz played for the national team that won the [[Copa America]] held in [[Colombia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/75safull.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327183006/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/75safull.html|url-status=live|title=Copa América 1975|archivedate=March 27, 2009|website=[[RSSSF]]|accessdate=April 30, 2021}}</ref>

Chumpitaz returned to the World Cup in 1978,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/78full.html|title=World Cup 1978 finals|website=[[RSSSF]]|accessdate=April 30, 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref name=fix>{{cite web|url=https://www.channel4.com/news/dr-henry-kissinger-and-footballs-longest-unsolved-riddle|title=Henry Kissinger and football's longest unsolved riddle|first=Keme|last=Nzerem|date=April 4, 2012|website=Channel 4 News|accessdate=April 30, 2021}}</ref> 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===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || June 18, 1969 || [[Estadio Nacional (Lima)|Estadio Nacional]], Lima, [[Peru]] || {{fb|COL}} || 1–1 || Draw || [[Friendly match|Friendly]]
|-
| 2. || June 2, 1970 || [[Estadio Nou Camp]], [[León, Guanajuato|León]], Mexico || {{fb|BUL|1968}} || 3–2 || Win || [[1970 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| 3. || October 10, 1979 || [[Estadio Nacional (Lima)|Estadio Nacional]], Lima, [[Peru]] || {{fb|PAR}} || 2–3 || Lost || [[Friendly match|Friendly]]
|-
| colspan=12|{{small|''Correct as of March 8, 2012''}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/chumpitaz-intl.html|title=Héctor Chumpitaz - Century of International Appearances|website=[[RSSSF]]|accessdate=April 30, 2021}}</ref>
|}

==Honours==

===Universitario de Deportes===
*'''[[Primera División Peruana|Peruvian League]]'''
**'''Winner (5):''' 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1974
**Runner-up (1): 1972
*'''[[Copa Libertadores]]'''
**Runner-up (1): 1972

===Sporting Cristal===
*'''[[Primera División Peruana|Peruvian League]]'''
**'''Winner (3):''' 1979, 1980, 1983
**Runner-up (1): 1977

===National team===
*'''[[Copa América]]'''
**'''Winner (1):''' 1975

===Individual awards===
*1969 Best Defender [[CONMEBOL]]
*1971 Best Defender [[CONMEBOL]]
*1973 All Stars [[CONMEBOL]]: Captain<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkivperu.com/america_equipo73.jpg|title=1973 All Star CONMEBOL|accessdate=April 30, 2021|archive-date=January 10, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070110183630/http://www.arkivperu.com/america_equipo73.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
*2000 World Soccer's: The 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/best-x-players-of-y.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231035356/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/best-x-players-of-y.html#ws100|url-status=live|title=The Best x Players of the Century/All-Time|archivedate=December 31, 2015|website=[[RSSSF]]|accessdate=April 30, 2021}}</ref>
*2004 South American – Player of the Century: Ranking Nº 35<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iffhs-century.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219134900/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/iffhs-century.html#sampoy|url-status=live|title=IFFHS' Century Elections|archivedate=December 19, 2008|website=[[RSSSF]]|accessdate=April 30, 2021}}</ref>
*2007 Midfield Dynamo's 10 Heroes of the [[Copa América]]<ref>[http://www.midfielddynamo.com/cups/ca/10_heroes.htm#SectionChumpitaz Midfield Dynamo's 10 Heroes of the Copa América] Héctor Chumpitaz listed in the top 10</ref>
* 2007 [[Copa America]] All-Star team, all-time<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.noticiahispanoamericana.com/news.php?nid=8239&pag=1 |title=Copa America All-Stars of All Time |access-date=January 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714200719/http://www.noticiahispanoamericana.com/news.php?nid=8239&pag=1 |archive-date=July 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*2008 All Stars [[CONMEBOL]] in the last 50 years<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deportes.aol.com/-/_a/once-ideal-de-sudamerica-1958-2008/20080212150909990001|title=Named in the Ideal Selection of sudamerica in the last 50 years|accessdate=April 30, 2021|archive-date=March 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304001520/http://deportes.aol.com/-/_a/once-ideal-de-sudamerica-1958-2008/20080212150909990001|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2008 Defender all-time scoring: Ranking Nº 32<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?b4a390f03be4ac07cda14b45fdcdc3bfcdc0aec7cdef1f |title=The World's 80 most successful Top Division Goal Scorers among the defensive Players of all time |publisher=Iffhs.de |date= 10 April 2020|accessdate=2021-04-30}}</ref>
* Copa América Historical Dream Team: 2011

==Career statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=3 | Club performance
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | Cup

! colspan=2 | Continental
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
! Season !! Club !! League
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals

! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
|-
! colspan=3 | Peru
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | Cup

! colspan=2 | [[CONMEBOL|South America]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|1964||rowspan=2|[[Club Centro Deportivo Municipal|Deportivo Municipal]]||rowspan=2|[[Primera División Peruana]]||0||0||rowspan=12 colspan=2|-||colspan=2|-||||
|-
|1965||||||colspan=2|-||||
|-
|1966||rowspan=10|[[Universitario de Deportes|Universitario]]||rowspan=10|[[Primera División Peruana]]|||||||10||2||||
|-
|1967|||||||13||3||||
|-
|1968|||||||10||1||||
|-
|1969|||||||||||||
|-
|1970|||||||8||0||||
|-
|1971|||||||8||1||||
|-
|1972|||||||7||0||||
|-
|1973|||||||2||0||||
|-
|1974|||||||||||||
|-
|1975|||||||||||||
|-
! colspan=3 | Mexico
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | Copa México

! colspan=2 | [[CONCACAF|North America]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|1975–76||rowspan=2|[[Club Atlas|Atlas]]||rowspan=2|[[Primera División de México|Primera División]]|||||||||||||||||
|-
|1976–77||||||colspan=2|-||||||||
|-
! colspan=3 | Peru
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | Cup

! colspan=2 | [[CONMEBOL|South America]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|1977||rowspan=7|[[Sporting Cristal]]||rowspan=7|[[Primera División Peruana]]||||||rowspan=7 colspan=2|-||||||||
|-
|1978|||||||4||0||||
|-
|1979|||||||||||||
|-
|1980|||||||6||1||||
|-
|1981|||||||6||1||||
|-
|1982|||||||||||||
|-
|1983|||||||||||||
|-
! rowspan=2 | Total
! colspan=2 | Peru
!404||60||0||0|||74||9||478||69
|-
! colspan=2 | Mexico
!52||5||0||0||0||0||52||5
|-
! colspan=3 | Career total
!456||65||0||0|||74||9||530||74
|}

==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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archivo.peru21.pe/noticia/96878/cuatro-anos-libertad-condicional-hector-chumpitaz|title=Cuatro años de libertad condicional para Héctor Chumpitaz|access-date=6 October 2022|date=3 December 2004|website=Perú 21|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.terra.com.pe/noticias/nacional/16/16636.html|title=Chumpitaz condenado a cuatro años de prisión condicional|access-date=6 October 2022|date=3 December 2004|website=Terra|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041204172441/http://www.terra.com.pe/noticias/nacional/16/16636.html|archive-date=4 December 2004}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.arkivperu.com/futbol.htm arkivperu.com, in Spanish] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917132343/http://arkivperu.com/futbol.htm |date=September 17, 2010 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040104060309/http://www.cooperativa.cl/p4_noticias/antialone.html cooperativa.cl, in Spanish]
*[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/chumpitaz-intl.html rsssf.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080304083405/http://www.us.terra.com/shared/worldcup2006/eng/grandes/7408.html terra.com]

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