SOCCER PLAYER

José Velásquez

1952 - Today

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José Manuel Velásquez Castillo (born 4 June 1952 in Lima) is a retired Peruvian footballer who played as a midfielder. Nicknamed "El Patrón", he stood out for his elegance, presence, courage and technical play, being recognized as one of the players with the most personality that Peruvian football has given and the best defensive midfielder in the history of his country. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Velásquez has received more than 5,843 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). José Velásquez is the 5,269th most popular soccer player (down from 5,195th in 2019), the 166th most popular biography from Peru and the 41st most popular Peruvian Soccer Player.

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  • 5.8k

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  • 50.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, José Velásquez ranks 5,269 out of 21,273. Before him are Mokhtar Naili, Cristian Tello, Luca Bucci, Brian Kidd, Willi Giesemann, and Georg Volkert. After him are Oldřich Rott, Juanito, Raúl Magaña, Leongino Unzaim, Eiji Ueda, and Pavel Panov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, José Velásquez ranks 558. Before him are Vikram Seth, Philippe Kahn, Pia Tafdrup, Touriya Jabrane, Laurie Bird, and Estanislau da Silva. After him are Daniel Bautista, Runa Laila, Ole Rasmussen, Jens Jørn Bertelsen, Christine Korsgaard, and Andrey Zhelyazkov.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, José Velásquez ranks 166 out of 287. Before him are Domingo Nieto (1803), Luis Rubiños (1940), Percy Rojas (1949), Juan Carlos Oblitas (1951), Carlos Cillóniz (1910), and Jaime Bayly (1965). After him are Nicolás Fuentes (1941), José del Castillo (1943), Julio César Uribe (1958), Javier González (1939), Christian Meier (1970), and José María Lavalle (1902).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Peru

Among soccer players born in Peru, José Velásquez ranks 41. Before him are Domingo García (1904), Jorge Góngora (1906), Luis Rubiños (1940), Percy Rojas (1949), Juan Carlos Oblitas (1951), and Carlos Cillóniz (1910). After him are Nicolás Fuentes (1941), José del Castillo (1943), Julio César Uribe (1958), Javier González (1939), José María Lavalle (1902), and Jorge Sarmiento (1900).

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