Julián Kmet

Julián Kmet
Personal information
Full name	Julián Andrés Kmet
Date of birth	21 November 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Lanús, Argentina
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Lanús
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–1998	Lanús
1998–2000	Sporting CP
1999	→ Lanús (loan)
2000	→ Lanús (loan)
2001–2002	Nueva Chicago
2002	Estudiantes LP
2003	Newell's Old Boys
2004	Nueva Chicago
2004–2005	Gimnasia LP
2005	Argentinos Juniors
2005–2006	Gimnasia y Esgrima
2007–2008	Ferro Carril Oeste
2008–2009	APOP
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Julián Andrés Kmet (born 21 November 1977) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

He amassed Argentine Primera División totals of 190 games and 22 goals over 11 seasons, representing mainly Lanús.

Club career

Born in Lanús, Buenos Aires Province of Ukrainian descent,^[1] Kmet scored a career-best ten goals in 36 Primera División games for local Club Atlético Lanús in the 1997–98 season, aged only 20. He was subsequently signed as a promising young talent by Sporting CP, but failed to adjust overall and, after two loans to his former club, left in early 2000 amidst accusations of discrimination.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

From 2001 to late 2006, Kmet appeared for several teams in his country's top flight. After that, he signed with Club Ferro Carril Oeste of the Primera B Nacional, retiring at 31 after a few months in Cyprus with APOP Kinyras FC.

^ "Argentinean Ukrainians, part 2". El Blog del Rinoceronte. 19 October 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
^ "Kmet: "Tenho vontade de jogar e triunfar no Sporting"" [Kmet: "I want to play and make it in Sporting"]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 July 1999. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
^ "Kmet: "No Sporting sentia-me posto de parte"" [Kmet: "I felt cast aside in Sporting"]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 January 2000. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
^ "Kmet: "Não volto ao Sporting"" [Kmet: "I will not return to Sporting"]. Record (in Portuguese). 2 February 2000. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
^ "Acosta desmente Kmet acerca da discriminação no Sporting" [Acosta dismisses Kmet about discrimination at Sporting]. Record (in Portuguese). 2 February 2000. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.