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Anghel Iordănescu

1950 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anghel Iordănescu has received more than 294,363 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Anghel Iordănescu is the 520th most popular soccer player (down from 448th in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Romania (up from 115th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Romanian Soccer Player.

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  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Anghel Iordănescu ranks 520 out of 21,273. Before him are Yasuyuki Kuwahara, Masao Ono, Ove Kindvall, Delio Onnis, Reizo Fukuhara, and Takehiko Kawanishi. After him are James Rodríguez, Jay-Jay Okocha, Gareth Bale, Carlos José Castilho, Frank de Boer, and Karl Rappan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Anghel Iordănescu ranks 98. Before him are Hiroshi Kanazawa, Ueli Maurer, Julius Erving, Jorge Carlos Fonseca, Alexander Lebed, and Mory Kanté. After him are Ubaldo Fillol, William Sadler, Håkan Nesser, Jean-Marc Ayrault, Victoria Principal, and John Landis.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Anghel Iordănescu ranks 112 out of 844. Before him are Andrew Báthory (1563), Serge Klarsfeld (1935), Petru Rareș (1487), László Tőkés (1952), Radu Lupu (1945), and Arnold Hauser (1892). After him are Artur Phleps (1881), Tudor Vladimirescu (1780), Petre Roman (1946), Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza (1854), Lajos Zilahy (1891), and Victor Stănculescu (1928).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Romania

Among soccer players born in Romania, Anghel Iordănescu ranks 5. Before him are Mircea Lucescu (1945), Gheorghe Hagi (1965), Ștefan Kovács (1920), and László Bölöni (1953). After him are 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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