The Most Famous
SOCCER PLAYERS from Dominican Republic
This page contains a list of the greatest Dominican Soccer Players. The pantheon dataset contains 21,273 Soccer Players, 2 of which were born in Dominican Republic. This makes Dominican Republic the birth place of the 145th most number of Soccer Players behind Lebanon, and Mayotte.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Dominican Soccer Players of all time. This list of famous Dominican Soccer Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Junior Firpo (b. 1996)
With an HPI of 34.40, Junior Firpo is the most famous Dominican Soccer Player. His biography has been translated into 31 different languages on wikipedia.
Héctor Junior Firpo Adames (born 22 August 1996), known as Junior Firpo or simply Junior, is a Dominican professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL Championship club Leeds United and the Dominican Republic national team. Mainly a left-back, he can also play as a centre-back. He also holds Spanish citizenship and has represented Spain at youth international level.
2. Víctor Núñez (b. 1980)
With an HPI of 30.25, Víctor Núñez is the 2nd most famous Dominican Soccer Player. His biography has been translated into 21 different languages.
Víctor Amaury Núñez Rodríguez (born 15 April 1980) is a retired professional footballer who played as a forward for multiple clubs, including C.S. Herediano, L.D. Alajuelense, and Deportivo Saprissa. He currently serves as assistant coach at C.S. Herediano. He has the all-time record for the number of goals in Costa Rica's first division. Born in the Dominican Republic, Núñez moved to Costa Rica at age 9. He was naturalised there on 31 January 2003, and subsequently opted to play internationally for the Costa Rica national team.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Dominican soccer players born between 1980 and 1996. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Dominican soccer players include Junior Firpo, and Víctor Núñez.
