Everton Kempes dos Santos Gonçalves

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

Career

Kempes played for 14 clubs between 2004 and 2015, with spells across Brazilian football with Paraná, Vitória (ES), Sertãozinho, 15 de Novembro, Ceará (once permanently, once on loan), Caxias, Ipatinga, Criciúma, Portuguesa, Novo Hamburgo (on loan), América (MG) (on loan) before moving to Japan to play for Cerezo Osaka on loan, making 32 appearances and scoring 8 goals, before joining JEF United Chiba permanently in 2013.

Kempes returned to Brazil in 2015 to sign for Joinville; his 12th Brazilian club. On 16 December 2015, he was on the move again as he joined Chapecoense.

Death

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

Honours

Vitória-ES

• Campeonato Capixaba: 2006

Portuguesa

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2011

JEF United Chiba

• J2 League Top Goalscorer: 2013 (22 goals)