1928 - 1991
José Héctor Rial Laguía (14 October 1928 – 24 February 1991) was a footballer who played as a forward for Real Madrid between 1954 and 1961, and was part of the team that won five consecutive European Cups. He played professional football in Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, Spain, France and Chile. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Héctor Rial has received more than 97,130 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Héctor Rial is the 559th most popular soccer player (down from 519th in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 105th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Argentinean Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Héctor Rial ranks 559 out of 16,880. Before him are Ally McCoist, Igor Belanov, Domingos da Guia, David Luiz, Ahmed Faras, and Bixente Lizarazu. After him are Roger Hunt, Akira Matsunaga, Ali Sami Yen, Bruno Metsu, Danny Blind, and Toshio Miyaji.
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 553
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 554
1912 - 2000
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 555
1987 - Present
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 556
1946 - Present
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 557
1969 - Present
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 558
1928 - 1991
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 559
1938 - 2021
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 560
1914 - 1943
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 561
1886 - 1951
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 562
1954 - 2013
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 563
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 564
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 565
Among people born in 1928, Héctor Rial ranks 159. Before him are Alexis Korner, Anne Sexton, Ulric Neisser, Jo Schlesser, Bob Cousy, and Ralph Waite. After him are Pancho Gonzales, Adrian Frutiger, Pavel Kohout, Gerald Bull, Branko Mikulić, and Maurice Sendak. Among people deceased in 1991, Héctor Rial ranks 77. Before him are María Zambrano, Pedro Arrupe, Berenice Abbott, Edmond Jabès, Rudolf Serkin, and Edwin H. Land. After him are Ernst Krenek, Carmine Coppola, Cassandra Harris, Yevgeny Dragunov, Richard Thorpe, and Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid.
1928 - 1984
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 153
1928 - 1974
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 154
1928 - 2012
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 155
1928 - 1968
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 156
1928 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 157
1928 - 2014
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 158
1928 - 1991
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 159
1928 - 1995
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 160
1928 - 2015
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 161
1928 - Present
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 162
1928 - 1990
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 163
1928 - 1994
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 164
1928 - 2012
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 165
1904 - 1991
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 71
1907 - 1991
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 72
1898 - 1991
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 73
1912 - 1991
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 74
1903 - 1991
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 75
1909 - 1991
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 76
1928 - 1991
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 77
1900 - 1991
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 78
1910 - 1991
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 79
1948 - 1991
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 80
1920 - 1991
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 81
1896 - 1991
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 82
1901 - 1991
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 83
Among people born in Argentina, Héctor Rial ranks 109 out of 1,019. Before him are Guillermo Mordillo (1932), Julio Argentino Roca (1843), Luis Carniglia (1917), Carlos Bianchi (1949), José Manuel Moreno (1916), and Gato Barbieri (1932). After him are Facundo Cabral (1937), Ubaldo Fillol (1950), Bernardino Rivadavia (1780), Héctor Yazalde (1946), Joseph Kessel (1898), and Diego Milito (1979).
1932 - 2019
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 103
1843 - 1914
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 104
1917 - 2001
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 105
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 106
1916 - 1978
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 107
1932 - 2016
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 108
1928 - 1991
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 109
1937 - 2011
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 110
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 111
1780 - 1845
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 112
1946 - 1997
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 113
1898 - 1979
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 114
1979 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 115
Among soccer players born in Argentina, Héctor Rial ranks 33. Before him are Fernando Redondo (1969), José Pékerman (1949), Hugo Maradona (1969), Luis Carniglia (1917), Carlos Bianchi (1949), and José Manuel Moreno (1916). After him are Ubaldo Fillol (1950), Héctor Yazalde (1946), Diego Milito (1979), Juan Román Riquelme (1978), Jorge Burruchaga (1962), and Gerardo Martino (1962).
1969 - Present
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 27
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 28
1969 - 2021
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 29
1917 - 2001
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 30
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 31
1916 - 1978
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 32
1928 - 1991
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 33
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 34
1946 - 1997
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 35
1979 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 36
1978 - Present
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 37
1962 - Present
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 38
1962 - Present
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 39