SOCCER PLAYER

Javier Urruticoechea

1952 - 2001

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Francisco Javier González Urruticoechea (17 February 1952 – 24 May 2001), known as Urruti, was a Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper. At FC Barcelona, a club known for goalkeepers like Franz Platko, Antoni Ramallets, Juan Velasco and Ricardo Zamora, he became a legend, playing 307 La Liga games over the course of 16 seasons and also representing in the competition Real Sociedad and Español. Urruti represented Spain in three World Cups. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Javier Urruticoechea has received more than 98,314 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Javier Urruticoechea is the 1,474th most popular soccer player (up from 1,521st in 2019), the 1,110th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,160th in 2019) and the 123rd most popular Spanish Soccer Player.

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  • 98k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Javier Urruticoechea ranks 1,474 out of 21,273. Before him are Fernando Riera, Gyoji Matsumoto, Werner Peter, Ante Žanetić, Josef Košťálek, and Robert Jonquet. After him are Ștefan Barbu, Adolfo Baloncieri, Juan Manuel Asensi, Oscar Ruggeri, Juan Carlos Osorio, and Aurelio González.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Javier Urruticoechea ranks 227. Before him are Hulusi Akar, Gianfranco Fini, Robledo Puch, Karl Bartos, Roseanne Barr, and Delroy Lindo. After him are Pat Cox, Adi Shamir, Lazar Ristovski, Bora Đorđević, John Finn, and Bell hooks. Among people deceased in 2001, Javier Urruticoechea ranks 142. Before him are Hilde Holger, Beatrice Straight, Burt Kennedy, J. J. Johnson, Victor Wong, and Viktor Astafyev. After him are Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Ray Walston, Melanie Thornton, Phoolan Devi, Princess Vera Constantinovna of Russia, and Berry Berenson.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Javier Urruticoechea ranks 1,110 out of 3,355. Before him are Pedro Arico Suárez (1908), Ángel Sanz Briz (1910), Carmen Laforet (1921), José Manuel Pinto (1975), Seve Ballesteros (1957), and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (-135). After him are Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao (1886), Juan Manuel Asensi (1949), Juan Boscán Almogáver (1490), Yolande of Aragon, Duchess of Calabria (1273), Eusebio Sacristán (1964), and José María Zárraga (1930).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Spain

Among soccer players born in Spain, Javier Urruticoechea ranks 123. Before him are Ciriaco Errasti (1904), Raúl Albiol (1985), Campanal I (1912), Enrique Collar (1934), Pedro Arico Suárez (1908), and José Manuel Pinto (1975). After him are Juan Manuel Asensi (1949), Eusebio Sacristán (1964), José María Zárraga (1930), José Iraragorri (1912), Jesús María Satrústegui (1954), and Feliciano Rivilla (1936).

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