SOCCER PLAYER

Giancarlo Antognoni

1954 - Today

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Giancarlo Antognoni (Italian pronunciation: [dʒaŋˈkarlo antoɲˈɲoːni]; born 1 April 1954) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. A skillful and creative offensive playmaker, regarded as one of the best Italian players of all time in his position, he played most of his club career with Fiorentina, with whom they won the Coppa Italia and the Anglo-Italian League Cup in 1975. At international level, he won the 1982 FIFA World Cup with the Italy national team, and he also represented his country at the 1978 FIFA World Cup, and at the 1980 UEFA European Championship, finishing in fourth place on both occasions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giancarlo Antognoni has received more than 176,602 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Giancarlo Antognoni is the 998th most popular soccer player (up from 1,112th in 2019), the 2,471st most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,678th in 2019) and the 84th most popular Italian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Giancarlo Antognoni ranks 998 out of 21,273Before him are Bernard Chiarelli, Karel Poborský, Koji Sasaki, Roberto Martínez, Jean Vincent, and Maryan Wisniewski. After him are Ichiji Otani, Dezső Novák, Friaça, Patrice Evra, Ivan Perišić, and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Giancarlo Antognoni ranks 137Before him are Morten P. Meldal, Catherine Samba-Panza, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, David Lee Roth, Hermann Tilke, and Kengo Kuma. After him are Anish Kapoor, Patty Hearst, Luis Arconada, Kim Jung-sook, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Scott Bakula.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giancarlo Antognoni ranks 2,471 out of 5,161Before him are Domenico Tardini (1888), Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (1535), Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto (1944), Giovanni Aldini (1762), Ranuccio Farnese (1530), and Marco Verratti (1992). After him are Scipione Rebiba (1504), Pellegrino Rossi (1787), Giorgio Almirante (1914), Lorenzo Celsi (1310), Sandro Munari (1940), and Pietro IV Candiano (901).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Giancarlo Antognoni ranks 84Before him are Ferruccio Valcareggi (1919), Ugo Locatelli (1916), Dino Baggio (1971), Mauro Tassotti (1960), Paolo Di Canio (1968), and Marco Verratti (1992). After him are Attilio Ferraris (1904), Pietro Vierchowod (1959), Eraldo Monzeglio (1906), Guido Masetti (1907), Massimo Bonini (1959), and Pietro Anastasi (1948).