SOCCER PLAYER

Adolfo Baloncieri

1897 - 1986

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Adolfo Baloncieri (Italian pronunciation: [aˈdolfo balonˈtʃɛːri]; 27 July 1897 – 23 July 1986) was an Italian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Critically regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, Gianni Brera considered him one of the greatest Italian playmakers ever, alongside the likes of Giuseppe Meazza and Valentino Mazzola. In 2010, Carlo Felice Chiesa wrote: "If it were possible to rank all-time great "registas" of world football, Adolfo Baloncieri, an athlete from a period so remote from our own, would end up among the first, if not first." Baloncieri began his club career with Alessandria, but most notably played for Torino, where they won league titles in 1927 and 1928 (the 1927 title was later revoked). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolfo Baloncieri has received more than 67,184 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Adolfo Baloncieri is the 1,476th most popular soccer player (down from 1,340th in 2019), the 2,920th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,881st in 2019) and the 114th most popular Italian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Adolfo Baloncieri ranks 1,476 out of 21,273Before him are Werner Peter, Ante Žanetić, Josef Košťálek, Robert Jonquet, Javier Urruticoechea, and Ștefan Barbu. After him are Juan Manuel Asensi, Oscar Ruggeri, Juan Carlos Osorio, Aurelio González, Eusebio Sacristán, and Serginho Chulapa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Adolfo Baloncieri ranks 174Before him are André Marie, Dorothy Day, Maximus V of Constantinople, Werner Voss, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, and Kurt Feldt. After him are Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia, Dorothy Arzner, Paavo Talvela, Kazimierz Nowak, Bud Abbott, and Zhou Fohai. Among people deceased in 1986, Adolfo Baloncieri ranks 126Before him are David Cooper, Robert Stevenson, Géza von Radványi, Vasily Ignatenko, Gregory Jarvis, and Mary Eristavi. After him are Mika Antić, Valerian Zorin, D. R. Kaprekar, Teddy Wilson, Moses Finley, and W. Averell Harriman.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Adolfo Baloncieri ranks 2,920 out of 5,161Before him are Marcus Fulvius Nobilior (-300), Margaritus of Brindisi (1149), Corrado Alvaro (1895), Ulric Manfred II of Turin (901), Luigi Carlo Borromeo (1893), and Toni Servillo (1959). After him are Gian Carlo Menotti (1911), Eugenio Calabi (1923), Marcia Furnilla (1), Raffaele Farina (1933), Michele Carafa (1787), and Dorotea Bucca (1360).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Adolfo Baloncieri ranks 114Before him are Roberto De Zerbi (1979), Giuseppe Baldo (1914), Zeffiro Furiassi (1923), Pietro Ferraris (1912), Angelo Peruzzi (1970), and Massimo Ambrosini (1977). After him are Armando Picchi (1935), Romeo Benetti (1945), Stephan El Shaarawy (1992), Andrea Barzagli (1981), Amedeo Biavati (1915), and Gabriele Oriali (1952).