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Hernán Medford

1968 - Today

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Hernán Evaristo Medford Bryan ( ur-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 106,284 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Hernán Medford is the 5,352nd most popular soccer player (down from 4,684th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Costa Rica (down from 28th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Costa Rican Soccer Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Hernán Medford ranks 5,352 out of 16,880Before him are Constantin Gâlcă, Abdelkader Ghezzal, René Adler, Nathaniel Phillips, Vitālijs Astafjevs, and Takuma Asano. After him are Karl Del'Haye, Aleksandr Golovin, Gerardo Bedoya, Masakazu Suzuki, Shoji Jo, and Heiko Westermann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Hernán Medford ranks 437Before him are Diego Fuser, Leonid Agutin, Raquel Cassidy, Taylor Wane, Chrystia Freeland, and Eddie Griffin. After him are Peter Webber, Gheorghe Craioveanu, Ashin Wirathu, Ioan Lupescu, Lisa Chappell, and Ivaylo Yordanov.

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In Costa Rica

Among people born in Costa Rica, Hernán Medford ranks 34 out of 104Before him are Bryan Ruiz (1985), Carlos Alvarado Quesada (1980), Harry Shum Jr. (1982), Óscar Ramírez (1964), Rolando Fonseca (1974), and Luis Gabelo Conejo (1960). After him are Rónald Gómez (1975), Joel Campbell (1992), Walter Centeno (1974), Luis Marín (1974), Celso Borges (1988), and Michael Umaña (1982).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Costa Rica

Among soccer players born in Costa Rica, Hernán Medford ranks 8Before him are Roberto Gayón (1905), Paulo Wanchope (1976), Bryan Ruiz (1985), Óscar Ramírez (1964), Rolando Fonseca (1974), and Luis Gabelo Conejo (1960). After him are Rónald Gómez (1975), Joel Campbell (1992), Walter Centeno (1974), Luis Marín (1974), Celso Borges (1988), and Michael Umaña (1982).