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Anghel Iordănescu

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Anghel Iordănescu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈaŋɡel jordəˈnesku]; born 4 May 1950), is a Romanian former footballer and former manager, who played as a forward. In 2007, Iordănescu retired from football, and the following February, after his predecessor resigned, he became a member of the Romanian Senate, sitting on the Social Democratic Party benches. On 26 December 2011, he became an independent senator, affiliated to the National Union for the Progress of Romania. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anghel Iordănescu has received more than 247,024 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Anghel Iordănescu is the 448th most popular soccer player (up from 530th in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from Romania (up from 119th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Romanian Soccer Player.

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Anghel Iordănescu ranks 448 out of 16,880. Before him are Jorge Solari, Alan Shearer, Hisao Kami, Hifuyo Uchida, Mario Mandžukić, and John Toshack. After him are Edu Coimbra, Frank Lampard, Carlos Tevez, James Rodríguez, Emerich Jenei, and Nereo Rocco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Anghel Iordănescu ranks 87. Before him are Corinne Cléry, Bobby McFerrin, Chantal Akerman, Bernie Taupin, Hiroshi Kanazawa, and Alberto Juantorena. After him are William Sadler, Mark Spitz, Jean-Marc Ayrault, Robert B. Laughlin, Karen Carpenter, and Mithun Chakraborty.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Anghel Iordănescu ranks 115 out of 665. Before him are Ivan Patzaichin (1949), Joseph M. Juran (1904), Marcel Janco (1895), Saul Steinberg (1914), Lajos Zilahy (1891), and Pertevniyal Sultan (1812). After him are Georges Politzer (1903), Vasile Milea (1927), Emerich Jenei (1937), Gabriel Báthory (1589), Vlad Călugărul (1425), and Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza (1854).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Romania

Among soccer players born in Romania, Anghel Iordănescu ranks 4. Before him are Mircea Lucescu (1945), Gheorghe Hagi (1965), and Ștefan Kovács (1920). After him are Emerich Jenei (1937), László Bölöni (1953), Gheorghe Popescu (1967), Elek Schwartz (1908), Dudu Georgescu (1950), Helmuth Duckadam (1959), István Avar (1905), and Adrian Mutu (1979).

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