SOCCER PLAYER

José Torres

1938 - 2010

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José Augusto Costa Sénica Torres (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ ˈtoʁɨʃ]; 8 September 1938 – 3 September 2010), nicknamed "O Bom Gigante" ("The Kind Giant"), was a Portuguese football centre-forward and coach. Most of his 21-year senior career was spent at Benfica, with great individual and team success (13 major titles). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Torres has received more than 421,427 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). José Torres is the 1,226th most popular soccer player (up from 1,243rd in 2019), the 241st most popular biography from Portugal (up from 248th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, José Torres ranks 1,226 out of 21,273. Before him are Roberto Rojas, Antônio Carlos Zago, Al-Saadi Gaddafi, Josef Hügi, Luis Regueiro, and António Simões. After him are Vinícius Júnior, Samir Nasri, Steve McManaman, Roger Hunt, Péter Palotás, and José Della Torre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, José Torres ranks 225. Before him are Michel Duchaussoy, Behrouz Vossoughi, McCoy Tyner, Juan Carlos Wasmosy, Michael Löwy, and Lyudmila Petrushevskaya. After him are Andrei Amalrik, Theodor Kallifatides, Roger Hunt, Jean Rollin, Anatoly Marchenko, and Pachín. Among people deceased in 2010, José Torres ranks 152. Before him are Roberto Rosato, Ernst von Glasersfeld, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Fud Leclerc, Rudolf Barshai, and Steingrímur Hermannsson. After him are Alan Sillitoe, Eugène Terre'Blanche, Peter Steele, Vasco de Almeida e Costa, Werner Schroeter, and Zoltán Varga.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, José Torres ranks 241 out of 633. Before him are José Costa (1953), Vasco Gonçalves (1921), Miguel Torga (1907), André Villas-Boas (1977), Jaime, Duke of Braganza (1483), and António Simões (1943). After him are António de Andrade (1580), João Fernandes Lavrador (1453), Damião de Góis (1502), João César Monteiro (1939), Vasco de Almeida e Costa (1932), and John of Biclaro (540).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, José Torres ranks 27. Before him are Humberto Coelho (1950), João Cancelo (1994), Manuel Bento (1948), Fernando Couto (1969), José Costa (1953), and António Simões (1943). After him are José Peseiro (1960), João Félix (1999), Fábio Coentrão (1988), Bruno Alves (1981), Maniche (1977), and Bernardo Silva (1994).

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