SOCCER PLAYER

Hernán Medford

1968 - Today

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Hernán Evaristo Medford Bryan ( er-NAHN, Spanish: [eɾˈnam ˈmeðfoɾ(ð)]; born May 23, 1968) is a Costa Rican former football player and current coach of Sporting F.C. Highly regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of Central American football, Medford achieved success as both a player and a coach. As a player, Medford is fondly remembered in Costa Rica for two historic goals, both of which he considers his favorite, while playing for Costa Rica: the winning goal of a group stage match against Sweden to qualify to the knockout stage, and the winning goal of the Aztecazo, Mexico's first defeat in a non-friendly match at the Estadio Azteca. Numerous media outlets regard Medford as the most successful coach in Central America, as he also found massive success across the region, winning championships in Costa Rica, Honduras, and Guatemala. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hernán Medford has received more than 113,319 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Hernán Medford is the 5,436th most popular soccer player (down from 5,351st in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Costa Rica and the 5th most popular Costa Rican Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

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  • 42.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Hernán Medford ranks 5,436 out of 21,273Before him are Daniel Wass, Aleksandr Lenyov, Luis Pérez, Dennis Wise, Ed Czerkiewicz, and Carlos Soler. After him are Mario Bergara, Aykut Kocaman, Henryk Wieczorek, Manfred Zapf, Thomas Helveg, and M'Baye Niang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Hernán Medford ranks 383Before him are Arvind Kejriwal, Joe Cornish, Brian Cox, Filipp Yankovsky, John DiMaggio, and Hikmat Mirzayev. After him are Svetlana Masterkova, Kjetil Rekdal, Petar Naumoski, Sammy Sosa, Miguel Herrera, and Jürgen Vogel.

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In Costa Rica

Among people born in Costa Rica, Hernán Medford ranks 33 out of 134Before him are José María Figueres (1954), Juan Mora Fernández (1784), León Cortés Castro (1882), Bryan Ruiz (1985), Julio Acosta García (1872), and Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich (1907). After him are Luis Gabelo Conejo (1960), Rolando Fonseca (1974), Rónald Gómez (1975), Óscar Ramírez (1964), Harry Shum Jr. (1982), and Joel Campbell (1992).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Costa Rica

Among soccer players born in Costa Rica, Hernán Medford ranks 5Before him are Keylor Navas (1986), Roberto Gayón (1905), Paulo Wanchope (1976), and Bryan Ruiz (1985). After him are Luis Gabelo Conejo (1960), Rolando Fonseca (1974), Rónald Gómez (1975), Óscar Ramírez (1964), Joel Campbell (1992), Juan Cayasso (1961), and Celso Borges (1988).