SOCCER PLAYER

Ștefan Kovács

1920 - 1995

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Ştefan Kovács (Romanian: Ştefan Covaci; Hungarian: Kovács István; 2 October 1920 – 12 May 1995) was a Romanian football player and coach. Having won 15 major titles, he is one of the most successful association football coaches in the history of the game. In 2019, France Football ranked him at No. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ștefan Kovács has received more than 190,373 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Ștefan Kovács is the 232nd most popular soccer player (down from 189th in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from Romania (up from 75th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Romanian Soccer Player.

Ștefan Kovács is most famous for his work in the field of fluid dynamics, specifically in the study of turbulence. He is also well known for his contributions to the theory of dynamical systems and, in particular, for his work on bifurcation theory.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ștefan Kovács ranks 232 out of 21,273. Before him are Zbigniew Boniek, Dani Alves, Gaetano Scirea, Luís Figo, Marcel Desailly, and Diego Forlán. After him are Raimundo Orsi, Aimé Jacquet, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, Ramón Díaz, Fernando Torres, and Kenji Tochio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Ștefan Kovács ranks 59. Before him are George Armitage Miller, P. D. James, Dave Brubeck, Ovadia Yosef, Maureen O'Hara, and Jack Elam. After him are Timothy Leary, Setsuko Hara, Mario Beccaria, Tom of Finland, Gene Tierney, and Richard Farnsworth. Among people deceased in 1995, Ștefan Kovács ranks 47. Before him are John Vincent Atanasoff, Pierre Schaeffer, Alonzo Church, Ernest Walton, Lita Grey, and Carlos Monzón. After him are Siad Barre, Ernest Gellner, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Peter Townsend, Miklós Rózsa, and Don Cherry.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ștefan Kovács ranks 73 out of 844. Before him are Clara Haskil (1895), Petre Dumitrescu (1882), Gabriel Bethlen (1580), Petru Groza (1884), Jean Negulesco (1900), and Dositej Obradović (1742). After him are László Rajk (1909), Mihnea cel Rău (1462), Dinu Lipatti (1917), David Wechsler (1896), Ion Mihai Pacepa (1928), and Mircea II of Wallachia (1422).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Romania

Among soccer players born in Romania, Ștefan Kovács ranks 3. Before him are Mircea Lucescu (1945), and Gheorghe Hagi (1965). After him are László Bölöni (1953), Anghel Iordănescu (1950), Emerich Jenei (1937), Dudu Georgescu (1950), Gheorghe Popescu (1967), Adrian Mutu (1979), Alexander Vencel (1944), Elek Schwartz (1908), and Helmuth Duckadam (1959).

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