SOCCER PLAYER

José Manuel Moreno

1916 - 1978

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José Manuel Moreno Fernández (3 August 1916 – 26 August 1978), nicknamed "El Charro", was an Argentine footballer who played as an inside forward for several clubs in Argentina, Mexico, Chile, and Colombia; for many who saw him play, he is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, even among Diego Maradona, Pelé and Alfredo Di Stéfano, and was the first footballer ever to have won first division league titles in four countries (later players to emulate the feat include Jiri Jarosik, Rivaldo, George Weah and Zlatan Ibrahimović). Moreno was part of the River Plate team known as La Máquina ("The Machine") which dominated Argentine football in the 1940s, and was also a member of the Argentina national team that won the South American Championships in 1941 and 1947, being chosen in the latter tournament as the best player of the tournament. He was regarded by many as a complete player. In 1999, he was ranked as the 5th best South American player in the 20th century (behind Pelé, Maradona, Di Stéfano and Garrincha), and among the 25 best players in the world through a poll by the IFFHS. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Manuel Moreno has received more than 167,484 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). José Manuel Moreno is the 574th most popular soccer player (down from 538th in 2019), the 107th most popular biography from Argentina and the 35th most popular Argentinean Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, José Manuel Moreno ranks 574 out of 21,273Before him are Raí, Marco Tardelli, Tomohiko Ikoma, Tsukasa Hosaka, Branko Zebec, and Arawa Kimura. After him are Santiago Cañizares, Guido Buchwald, Shumpei Inoue, David Ginola, Alejandro Sabella, and Christian Vieri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, José Manuel Moreno ranks 81Before him are Pietro Rava, Mika Špiljak, Walt Whitman Rostow, Pérez Prado, Ray Conniff, and Vladimir Demikhov. After him are Ramón José Velásquez, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, Shirley Jackson, Pierre Messmer, Jane Jacobs, and Luigi Comencini. Among people deceased in 1978, José Manuel Moreno ranks 68Before him are Shozo Tsugitani, Arnold Hauser, Philibert Tsiranana, Herbert Kappler, Jean Améry, and Charles Eames. After him are Lilya Brik, Max Decugis, Jens Otto Krag, Misao Tamai, Diana Budisavljević, and Samuel Goudsmit.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, José Manuel Moreno ranks 107 out of 1,154Before him are Ubaldo Fillol (1950), Diego Milito (1979), Héctor Rial (1928), Julio Argentino Roca (1843), Javier Mascherano (1984), and Manuel Puig (1932). After him are Alejandra Pizarnik (1936), Alejandro Sabella (1954), Alberto Manguel (1948), Guillermo Mordillo (1932), Mario Bunge (1919), and José Pékerman (1949).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Argentina

Among soccer players born in Argentina, José Manuel Moreno ranks 35Before him are Héctor Yazalde (1946), Fernando Redondo (1969), Ubaldo Fillol (1950), Diego Milito (1979), Héctor Rial (1928), and Javier Mascherano (1984). After him are Alejandro Sabella (1954), José Pékerman (1949), Sergio Agüero (1988), Luis Carniglia (1917), Sergio Goycochea (1963), and Amadeo Carrizo (1926).