Career
Kempes played for 14 clubs between 2004 and 2015, with spells across Brazilian football with Paraná, Vitória (Exact Sciences), 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 permanently in 2013. He returned to Brazil in 2015 to sign for Joinville. His 12th Brazilian club
On 16 December 2015, Kempes was on the move again as he joined Chapecoense.