SOCCER PLAYER

János Farkas

1942 - 1989

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János Farkas (27 March 1942 – 29 September 1989) was a Hungarian footballer who played as a forward. During his club career he played for Vasas SC. At international level, he earned 33 caps and scored 20 goals for the Hungary national football team between 1961 and 1969, and participated in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, the 1964 European Nations' Cup, and the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He also won a gold medal in football at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of János Farkas has received more than 52,796 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). János Farkas is the 1,770th most popular soccer player (up from 1,846th in 2019), the 404th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 430th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Hungarian Soccer Player.

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  • 2.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, János Farkas ranks 1,770 out of 21,273. Before him are Joël Bats, Raphaël Varane, Marius Lăcătuș, Silvestre Igoa, Xherdan Shaqiri, and Bernard Dietz. After him are Giuseppe Signori, Friedel Lutz, Hideki Maeda, Vítor Pereira, Wolfgang Kleff, and Johnny Haynes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, János Farkas ranks 335. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, Adolf Ogi, Dick Parry, Huey P. Newton, Phil Esposito, and Kenneth Welsh. After him are Thomas Hammarberg, Ilija Pantelić, Arthur Brown, Fred Thompson, Ricardo Blázquez, and Wojciech Pszoniak. Among people deceased in 1989, János Farkas ranks 159. Before him are Hilmar Baunsgaard, Luiz Gonzaga, Henri Sauguet, Huey P. Newton, Jean-Michel Charlier, and Anton Diffring. After him are Kaj Franck, Archduchess Charlotte of Austria, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Harold Jeffreys, and José Bustamante y Rivero.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, János Farkas ranks 404 out of 1,077. Before him are Zoltán Horváth (1937), Alexandre Trauner (1906), Anton Seidl (1850), Endre Szemerédi (1940), Andrew Marton (1904), and Imre Kovács (1921). After him are Péter Boross (1928), Lajos Csordás (1932), Gyula Kállai (1910), Karol Divín (1936), Jenő Fuchs (1882), and Antal Szabó (1910).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Hungary

Among soccer players born in Hungary, János Farkas ranks 47. Before him are Árpád Weisz (1896), László Cseh (1910), Antal Szalay (1912), Ferenc Sas (1915), József Nagy (1892), and Imre Kovács (1921). After him are Lajos Csordás (1932), Antal Szabó (1910), Máté Fenyvesi (1933), Károly Palotai (1935), Jenő Vincze (1908), and János Göröcs (1939).

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