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Josep Maria Fusté

1941 - 2023

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Josep Maria Fusté Blanch (15 April 1941 – 20 April 2023) was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder and who was captain of FC Barcelona during the 1960s and early 1970s. In 1964, together with Luis Suárez, Amancio Amaro, José Ángel Iribar and his FC Barcelona teammate, Chus Pereda, he helped Spain win the European Championship. He also played for CA Osasuna and Hércules CF. After retiring as a player he worked as a public relations executive for Codorniu, a Catalan sparkling wine company. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josep Maria Fusté has received more than 50,549 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Josep Maria Fusté is the 775th most popular soccer player (up from 972nd in 2019), the 758th most popular biography from Spain (up from 934th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Spanish Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 51k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Josep Maria Fusté by language

Over the past year Josep Maria Fusté has had the most page views in the with 7,739 views, followed by Spanish (7,219), and Catalan (1,572). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (432.17%), Serbian (263.27%), and German (110.78%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Josep Maria Fusté ranks 775 out of 21,273. Before him are Arnfinn Bergmann, Antonio de la Cruz, Kazu Naoki, Demetrio Albertini, Marc-André ter Stegen, and Stefan Effenberg. After him are Petar Nadoveza, Shogo Kamo, Odilon Polleunis, Stefan Kuntz, Abdulrahman Fawzi, and Luis Artime.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Josep Maria Fusté ranks 170. Before him are Reine Wisell, Aldrich Ames, Robert Guéï, Na Moon-hee, Tom Fogerty, and Yuri Norstein. After him are Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, Mariangela Melato, Federico Faggin, Jaan Kaplinski, İdil Biret, and Leon Russom. Among people deceased in 2023, Josep Maria Fusté ranks 192. Before him are Juliette Mayniel, Lasse Berghagen, Federico Sacchi, Ferran Olivella, Akgün Kaçmaz, and Daniel Ellsberg. After him are Petar Nadoveza, Odilon Polleunis, Paul Reubens, Amitai Etzioni, Valentina Ponomaryova, and Evelyn Fox Keller.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Josep Maria Fusté ranks 758 out of 3,355. Before him are Wifred II, Count of Barcelona (900), George Meade (1815), Fernando de Rojas (1470), Antonio de la Cruz (1947), Félix Candela (1910), and Rossy de Palma (1964). After him are Blanche of Navarre, Countess of Champagne (1177), Chus Lampreave (1930), Idris al-Ma'mun (1186), Muhammad V of Granada (1339), Ramón Calderón (1951), and Luis de Milán (1500).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Spain

Among soccer players born in Spain, Josep Maria Fusté ranks 61. Before him are Joaquín Peiró (1936), Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga (1956), Mikel Arteta (1982), Cesc Fàbregas (1987), Ferran Olivella (1936), and Antonio de la Cruz (1947). After him are Ignacio Zoco (1939), Luis Otero (1893), Kepa Arrizabalaga (1994), Manuel Sanchís Martínez (1938), Sergio Busquets (1988), and Pepe Reina (1982).

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