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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 51,045 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Josep Maria Fusté is the 972nd most popular soccer player (up from 1,156th in 2019), the 934th most popular biography from Spain (up from 957th in 2019) and the 76th most popular Spanish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Josep Maria Fusté ranks 972 out of 16,880Before him are Márton Bukovi, Roger Piantoni, Aleksandar Tirnanić, Douglas Costa, Dirk Kuyt, and Sandro Puppo. After him are Svatopluk Pluskal, Mohamed Salah, Dino Baggio, Hugo Lloris, Keisuke Honda, and Toni Turek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Josep Maria Fusté ranks 223Before him are Harald Nielsen, Emmett Till, David Lewis, Robert Guéï, Leonid Kizim, and George Pell. After him are Walid Muallem, John Henry Schwarz, Amir Pnueli, Richie Havens, Stephen J. Cannell, and Salvador Sadurní. Among people deceased in 2023, Josep Maria Fusté ranks 145Before him are Robert Blake, Kaija Saariaho, Ruud Geels, Jim Brown, George Pell, and Ferran Olivella. After him are Shane MacGowan, Kenneth Anger, Hubert Reeves, Albert Azaryan, Juliette Mayniel, and Peter Bieri.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Josep Maria Fusté ranks 934 out of 2,932Before him are Ferran Olivella (1936), Bojan Krkić (1990), Pacian (310), José María Zárraga (1930), Sandro Rosell (1964), and Joan Maragall (1860). After him are Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (1815), Ignacio Zoco (1939), Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760), Arsenio Martínez Campos (1831), Eleanor of Arborea (1340), and Joan Segarra (1927).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Spain

Among soccer players born in Spain, Josep Maria Fusté ranks 76Before him are Luis Arconada (1954), Miguel Ángel Nadal (1966), Domènec Balmanya (1914), Ferran Olivella (1936), Bojan Krkić (1990), and José María Zárraga (1930). After him are Ignacio Zoco (1939), Joan Segarra (1927), Javier Irureta (1948), Salvador Sadurní (1941), Ion Andoni Goikoetxea (1965), and Justo Tejada (1933).