1949 - Today
John Benjamin Toshack (born 22 March 1949) is a Welsh former professional football player and manager. He began his playing career as a teenager with his hometown club Cardiff City, becoming the youngest player to make an appearance for the side when he made his debut in 1965. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Toshack has received more than 1,039,084 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. John Toshack is the 447th most popular soccer player (up from 710th in 2019), the 1,366th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,734th in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, John Toshack ranks 447 out of 16,880. Before him are Tite, Jorge Solari, Alan Shearer, Hisao Kami, Hifuyo Uchida, and Mario Mandžukić. After him are Anghel Iordănescu, Edu Coimbra, Frank Lampard, Carlos Tevez, James Rodríguez, and Emerich Jenei.
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 441
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 442
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 443
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 444
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 445
1986 - Present
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 446
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 447
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 448
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 449
1978 - Present
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 450
1984 - Present
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 451
1991 - Present
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 452
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 453
Among people born in 1949, John Toshack ranks 125. Before him are Andy Kaufman, Robert Sternberg, Peter Agre, Quini, Geezer Butler, and Tom Pryce. After him are Brad Davis, Fernando Collor de Mello, Marc Ravalomanana, Bengt Holmström, Patrick Tambay, and Klaus Fischer.
1949 - 1984
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 119
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 120
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 121
1949 - 2018
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 122
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 123
1949 - 1977
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 124
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 125
1949 - 1991
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 126
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 127
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 128
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 129
1949 - 2022
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 130
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 131
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Toshack ranks 1,366 out of 7,765. Before him are Alan Shearer (1970), William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146), Steven Berkoff (1937), Tom Pryce (1949), Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623), and Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799). After him are Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (1936), Samuel Wallis (1728), Edward Lear (1812), Dennis Nilsen (1945), Malcolm Lowry (1909), and Thomas Sydenham (1624).
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 1,360
1146 - 1219
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 1,361
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 1,362
1949 - 1977
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 1,363
1623 - 1673
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 1,364
1799 - 1869
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 1,365
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 1,366
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 1,367
1728 - 1795
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 1,368
1812 - 1888
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 1,369
1945 - 2018
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 1,370
1909 - 1957
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 1,371
1624 - 1689
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 1,372
Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, John Toshack ranks 24. Before him are Brian Clough (1935), Steven Gerrard (1980), John Charles (1931), Harry Gregg (1932), Ian Rush (1961), and Alan Shearer (1970). After him are Frank Lampard (1978), Roger Byrne (1929), Herbert Kilpin (1870), Fergus Suter (1857), Gareth Bale (1989), and Ally McCoist (1962).
1935 - 2004
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 18
1980 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 19
1931 - 2004
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 20
1932 - 2020
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 21
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 22
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 23
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 24
1978 - Present
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 25
1929 - 1958
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 26
1870 - 1916
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 27
1857 - 1916
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 28
1989 - Present
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 29
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 30