SOCCER PLAYER

José Francisco Cevallos

1971 - Today

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José Francisco Cevallos Villavicencio (born April 17, 1971) is an Ecuadorian retired football goalkeeper, former Minister of Sports in Ecuador and former President of Barcelona, the football club where he started his professional career. Nicknamed Las Manos del Ecuador (English: The hands of Ecuador), Cevallos is considered by many to be the greatest goalkeeper in the history of Ecuadorian football. He has won three national titles (1991, 1995, 1997) with Guayaquil based club Barcelona, with whom he has spent the majority of his professional career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Francisco Cevallos has received more than 49,837 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. José Francisco Cevallos is the 6,839th most popular soccer player (down from 6,797th in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Ecuador (up from 71st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Ecuadorean Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, José Francisco Cevallos ranks 6,839 out of 21,273Before him are Ilya Tsymbalar, Felipe Santana, Aaron Mokoena, Héctor Herrera, Uche Okafor, and Édison Méndez. After him are Andreas Ulmer, Alexander Nübel, Graeme Le Saux, Yuko Oita, Shay Given, and Duda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, José Francisco Cevallos ranks 462Before him are Jeff Gordon, Rupert Sanders, Arnon Grunberg, Sophie Hannah, Tomasz Wałdoch, and Dorian Gregory. After him are Tom Green, Marc Andreessen, Agata Kulesza, Håkan Mild, Erik Mykland, and Kate Dickie.

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In Ecuador

Among people born in Ecuador, José Francisco Cevallos ranks 68 out of 147Before him are Moisés Caicedo (2001), Carlos Tenorio (1979), Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz (1912), Agustín Delgado (1974), Álex Aguinaga (1968), and Édison Méndez (1979). After him are Ulises de la Cruz (1974), Iván Kaviedes (1977), Nicolás Lapentti (1976), Albert Paulsen (1925), Christian Noboa (1985), and Arturo Rodas (1954).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ecuador

Among soccer players born in Ecuador, José Francisco Cevallos ranks 11Before him are Iván Hurtado (1974), Moisés Caicedo (2001), Carlos Tenorio (1979), Agustín Delgado (1974), Álex Aguinaga (1968), and Édison Méndez (1979). After him are Ulises de la Cruz (1974), Iván Kaviedes (1977), Christian Noboa (1985), Christian Benítez (1986), Pervis Estupiñán (1998), and Segundo Castillo (1982).