1953 - 1989
Gaetano Scirea (Italian pronunciation: [ɡaeˈtaːno ʃʃiˈrɛːa]; 25 May 1953 – 3 September 1989) was an Italian professional footballer who is considered one of the greatest defenders of his generation and one of the greatest defenders of all time. He spent most of his career with Juventus F.C.Scirea is one of only six players in European football history to have won all international trophies for football clubs recognized by UEFA and FIFA. Scirea is also one of only nine players in the history of European football that won all three major UEFA football competitions, a feat he managed while playing with Juventus, the Italian club with which he spent the majority of his career, aside from two seasons with Atalanta. At international level, he played for the Italy national team for more than a decade, during which he was an undisputed member of Italy's defensive line-up, keeping Franco Baresi out of the national team for four years, until he retired in 1986. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaetano Scirea has received more than 472,871 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Gaetano Scirea is the 338th most popular soccer player (up from 358th in 2019), the 1,617th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,557th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Italian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Gaetano Scirea ranks 338 out of 16,880. Before him are Yasukazu Tanaka, Ryan Giggs, Fukusaburo Harada, Iván Zamorano, Horst Eckel, and Dida. After him are Pedro Rocha, Ernst Wilimowski, Vujadin Boškov, Ivo Viktor, Elías Figueroa, and Deco.
1933 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 332
1973 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 333
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 334
1967 - Present
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 335
1932 - 2021
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 336
1973 - Present
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 337
1953 - 1989
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 338
1942 - 2013
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 339
1916 - 1997
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 340
1931 - 2014
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 341
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 342
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 343
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 344
Among people born in 1953, Gaetano Scirea ranks 70. Before him are Frances Conroy, Cha Bum-kun, Rick Moranis, Jadranka Kosor, Tchéky Karyo, and Libuše Šafránková. After him are Tim Allen, Alberto Zaccheroni, Tom Hulce, Guy Verhofstadt, David Berkowitz, and Mata Amritanandamayi. Among people deceased in 1989, Gaetano Scirea ranks 77. Before him are Boris Skossyreff, Kazimierz Deyna, Victor French, Pérez Prado, Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, and Robert Mapplethorpe. After him are Giuseppe Siri, R. D. Laing, Kateb Yacine, Albert Bormann, Charles Vanel, and Hibari Misora.
1953 - Present
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 64
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 65
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 66
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 67
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 68
1953 - 2021
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 69
1953 - 1989
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 70
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 71
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 72
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 73
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 74
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 75
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 76
1896 - 1989
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 71
1947 - 1989
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 72
1934 - 1989
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 73
1916 - 1989
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 74
1906 - 1989
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 75
1946 - 1989
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 76
1953 - 1989
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 77
1906 - 1989
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 78
1927 - 1989
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 79
1929 - 1989
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 80
1902 - 1989
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 81
1892 - 1989
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 82
1937 - 1989
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 83
Among people born in Italy, Gaetano Scirea ranks 1,617 out of 4,668. Before him are Pompeia (-90), Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria (1839), Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (1926), Giambattista Bodoni (1740), Margherita Sarfatti (1880), and Giorgio Bassani (1916). After him are Vittorio Brambilla (1937), Alesso Baldovinetti (1425), Lucrezia de' Medici (1470), Prince Louis, Count of Trani (1838), Marco Materazzi (1973), and Bernardo Strozzi (1581).
90 BC - Present
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 1,611
1839 - 1892
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 1,612
1926 - 2013
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 1,613
1740 - 1813
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 1,614
1880 - 1961
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 1,615
1916 - 2000
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 1,616
1953 - 1989
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 1,617
1937 - 2001
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 1,618
1425 - 1499
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 1,619
1470 - 1553
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 1,620
1838 - 1886
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 1,621
1973 - Present
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 1,622
1581 - 1644
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 1,623
Among soccer players born in Italy, Gaetano Scirea ranks 25. Before him are Andrea Pirlo (1979), Antonio Conte (1969), Vittorio Pozzo (1886), Giovanni Ferrari (1907), Lorenzo Buffon (1929), and Valentino Mazzola (1919). After him are Marco Materazzi (1973), Alessandro Nesta (1976), Angelo Schiavio (1905), Gianfranco Zola (1966), Gianpiero Combi (1902), and Gennaro Gattuso (1978).
1979 - Present
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 19
1969 - Present
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 20
1886 - 1968
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 21
1907 - 1982
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 22
1929 - Present
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 23
1919 - 1949
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 24
1953 - 1989
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 25
1973 - Present
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 26
1976 - Present
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 27
1905 - 1990
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 28
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 29
1902 - 1956
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 30
1978 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 31