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José Ángel Iribar

1943 - Today

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José Ángel Iribar Kortajarena (born 1 March 1943), nicknamed El Chopo ("the Poplar"), is a Spanish retired football goalkeeper and manager. Having played almost exclusively for Athletic Bilbao, he appeared in more than 600 official games for the club over the course of 18 La Liga seasons, winning two major titles. Iribar represented the Spain national team in the 1964 Nations' Cup and the 1966 World Cup, winning the former tournament. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Ángel Iribar has received more than 122,004 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). José Ángel Iribar is the 581st most popular soccer player (up from 607th in 2019), the 638th most popular biography from Spain (up from 718th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Spanish Soccer Player.

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  • 120k

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  • 56.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, José Ángel Iribar ranks 581 out of 21,273. Before him are Santiago Cañizares, Guido Buchwald, Shumpei Inoue, David Ginola, Alejandro Sabella, and Christian Vieri. After him are Américo Lopes, David de Gea, Jorge Campos, Sandro Puppo, Romelu Lukaku, and Jimmy Greaves.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, José Ángel Iribar ranks 157. Before him are Roberto Boninsegna, Björn Waldegård, Tobe Hooper, Lucio Battisti, Joan Manuel Serrat, and Czesława Kwoka. After him are Dragan Nikolić, Christine McVie, Louis E. Brus, Richard J. Roberts, Ma'ruf Amin, and Inna Churikova.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, José Ángel Iribar ranks 638 out of 3,355. Before him are María Zambrano (1904), Antonio de Nebrija (1441), Ardo (700), Isabella Colbran (1785), Santiago Cañizares (1969), and Sisenand (605). After him are Josep Pla (1897), David de Gea (1990), Antonio de Cabezón (1510), Manuel Fraga (1922), Ruy López de Villalobos (1500), and Ángel Nieto (1947).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Spain

Among soccer players born in Spain, José Ángel Iribar ranks 43. Before him are Gerard Piqué (1987), Víctor Valdés (1982), Pirri (1945), Estanislau Basora (1926), Marcos Alonso (1933), and Santiago Cañizares (1969). After him are David de Gea (1990), Jesús María Pereda (1938), Luis Molowny (1925), Isidro Lángara (1912), Fernando Morientes (1976), and Lorenzo Fernández (1900).

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