SOCCER PLAYER

Alessandro Altobelli

1955 - Today

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Alessandro Altobelli (Italian pronunciation: [alesˈsandro altoˈbɛlli]; born 28 November 1955) is a former professional Italian footballer who played as a forward, and who won the 1982 World Cup with Italy. Nicknamed Spillo ("Needle") for his slender build, Altobelli was a prolific goalscorer and regarded as one of the greatest and most effective Italian strikers of the late 1970s and 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alessandro Altobelli has received more than 368,464 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Alessandro Altobelli is the 556th most popular soccer player (up from 730th in 2019), the 1,836th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,213th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Italian Soccer Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Alessandro Altobelli ranks 556 out of 21,273. Before him are Arturo Vidal, Marcos Alonso, Mário Coluna, Hisao Kami, Paul Scholes, and Kiyoo Kanda. After him are Andrés Escobar, Héctor Rial, Giorgio Chinaglia, Ilija Petković, Javier Mascherano, and Geoff Hurst.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Alessandro Altobelli ranks 92. Before him are Meles Zenawi, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, Michael Schenker, Valdis Zatlers, Sirindhorn, and Ron Johnson. After him are Mika Kaurismäki, Avram Grant, Bruno Conti, Yuriy Sedykh, Debra Winger, and Akira Nishino.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alessandro Altobelli ranks 1,836 out of 5,161. Before him are Enrico Ferri (1856), Senesino (1686), Ercole Consalvi (1757), Tiridates III of Parthia (-50), Tavo Burat (1932), and Benvenuto Tisi (1481). After him are Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers (1539), Giuseppe Mercalli (1850), Laura Mancini (1636), Gustavo Marzi (1908), Giorgio Chinaglia (1947), and Piero del Pollaiolo (1443).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Alessandro Altobelli ranks 52. Before him are Pietro Rava (1916), Leonardo Bonucci (1987), Delio Onnis (1948), Nevio Scala (1947), Roberto Boninsegna (1943), and Luca Toni (1977). After him are Giorgio Chinaglia (1947), Marco Tardelli (1954), Christian Vieri (1973), Sandro Puppo (1918), Bruno Conti (1955), and Giorgio Chiellini (1984).

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