SOCCER PLAYER

Francisco Gento

1933 - 2022

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Francisco "Paco" Gento López (21 October 1933 – 18 January 2022) was a Spanish footballer who played as an outside left. A fast runner, Gento was referred to as the "Gale of the Cantabrian Sea" (Spanish: La Galerna del Cantábrico) in reference to his speed down the wing. He was voted by IFFHS (International Federation of Football History and Statistics) as the greatest Spanish footballer and 30th greatest world footballer of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco Gento has received more than 866,168 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Francisco Gento is the 58th most popular soccer player (down from 21st in 2019), the 129th most popular biography from Spain (down from 71st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 870k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Francisco Gento ranks 58 out of 21,273. Before him are Mario Kempes, Junji Nishikawa, Ricardo Zamora, Fernando Santos, Flórián Albert, and Roberto Carlos. After him are Roberto Mancini, Uwe Seeler, Luis Suárez, David Beckham, Roger Milla, and Nílton Santos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Francisco Gento ranks 24. Before him are Amartya Sen, Heinrich Rohrer, Philip Roth, Susan Sontag, Mako, and Elinor Ostrom. After him are Arno Allan Penzias, Jayne Mansfield, Krzysztof Penderecki, Paul Biya, Paul J. Crutzen, and Abolhassan Banisadr. Among people deceased in 2022, Francisco Gento ranks 23. Before him are Monica Vitti, Ben Roy Mottelson, Vivienne Westwood, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Robbie Coltrane, and José Eduardo dos Santos. After him are Uwe Seeler, Kane Tanaka, Sidney Poitier, Dietrich Mateschitz, Thích Nhất Hạnh, and Angela Lansbury.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Gento ranks 129 out of 3,355. Before him are Paco de Lucía (1947), Francisco de Orellana (1511), Francisco Tárrega (1852), Ferdinand III of Castile (1199), Ricardo Zamora (1901), and Miguel Primo de Rivera (1870). After him are Princess Isabella of Parma (1741), Almanzor (930), Ibn Hazm (994), Pep Guardiola (1971), Vincent Ferrer (1350), and Martial (40).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Spain

Among soccer players born in Spain, Francisco Gento ranks 3. Before him are Santiago Bernabéu Yeste (1895), and Ricardo Zamora (1901). After him are Luis Suárez (1935), Miguel Muñoz (1922), Luis Enrique (1970), Sergio Ramos (1986), Xavi (1980), Xabi Alonso (1981), Andrés Iniesta (1984), Iker Casillas (1981), and Carles Puyol (1978).

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