SOCCER PLAYER

Leonel Sánchez

1936 - 2022

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Leonel Guillermo Sánchez Lineros (25 April 1936 – 2 April 2022) was a Chilean professional footballer who played as a striker or on the left wing. He is recognized as one of the Best South American Footballers of the 20th Century and one of the great forwards in the history of the FIFA World Cup. He was the top goalscorer of the 1962 FIFA World Cup where Chile achieved a historic third-place finish. He was also part of the team of the tournament of the World Cup and was awarded the Golden Boot and the Bronze Ball from FIFA. He was also included in the top 100 players of the history of the World Cups by FIFA. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonel Sánchez has received more than 129,545 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Leonel Sánchez is the 333rd most popular soccer player (up from 549th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Chile (up from 36th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chilean Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Leonel Sánchezs by language

Over the past year Leonel Sánchez has had the most page views in the with 33,251 views, followed by English (20,140), and Italian (4,604). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Greek (75.12%), Malagasy (64.73%), and Basque (53.17%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Leonel Sánchez ranks 333 out of 21,273. Before him are Obdulio Varela, Gyula Lóránt, Dettmar Cramer, Abedi Pele, Jari Litmanen, and Olivier Giroud. After him are Hernán Crespo, Santillana, Quini, Hakan Şükür, Cláudio Taffarel, and Toninho Cerezo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Leonel Sánchez ranks 90. Before him are Kenneth G. Wilson, Christine Nöstlinger, Petar Mladenov, Omar Suleiman, Eric Walter Elst, and Samuel C. C. Ting. After him are Jean M. Auel, Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, Héctor Elizondo, Don DeLillo, Moussa Traoré, and Dean Stockwell. Among people deceased in 2022, Leonel Sánchez ranks 80. Before him are Edward C. Prescott, Ruggero Deodato, Frank Drake, David Warner, Wim Jansen, and Eric Walter Elst. After him are Luis Echeverría, Peter Bogdanovich, Jürgen Grabowski, Ichirou Mizuki, Fred Ward, and Saul Kripke.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Leonel Sánchez ranks 22 out of 321. Before him are Eduardo Frei Montalva (1911), Elías Figueroa (1946), Ricardo Lagos (1938), Lautaro (1534), Iván Zamorano (1967), and Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (1942). After him are Hugo Gunckel Lüer (1901), Luis Corvalán (1916), Roberto Matta (1911), Raúl Ruiz (1941), Jorge Alessandri (1896), and Alexis Sánchez (1988).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Chile

Among soccer players born in Chile, Leonel Sánchez ranks 3. Before him are Elías Figueroa (1946), and Iván Zamorano (1967). After him are Alexis Sánchez (1988), Arturo Vidal (1987), Marcelo Salas (1974), Guillermo Subiabre (1903), Jorge Toro (1939), Roberto Rojas (1957), Claudio Bravo (1983), Fernando Riera (1920), and Carlos Vidal (1902).

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