SOCCER PLAYER

Karl-Heinz Schnellinger

1939 - 2024

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Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (31 March 1939 – 20 May 2024) was a German footballer who played as a defender. An athletic and hard-tackling player, with a strong physique, he was nicknamed the "Volkswagen" for his continuity of performance, both in quantity and in quality, and for his versatility; indeed, although he was usually deployed as a full-back, he was capable of playing anywhere along the back, and could also play as a centre-back, as a sweeper, or even as a defensive midfielder. He was one of the first successful German footballers abroad. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl-Heinz Schnellinger has received more than 265,319 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Karl-Heinz Schnellinger is the 235th most popular soccer player (up from 278th in 2019), the 1,095th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,453rd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular German Soccer Player.

Karl-Heinz Schnellinger is most famous for being a German footballer who played as a defender and midfielder. He played for Bayern Munich, Borussia Mönchengladbach, and the German national team. He is the only player to have won the European Championship with three different teams.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger ranks 235 out of 21,273. Before him are Luís Figo, Marcel Desailly, Diego Forlán, Ștefan Kovács, Raimundo Orsi, and Aimé Jacquet. After him are Ramón Díaz, Fernando Torres, Kenji Tochio, Yochanan Vollach, Ruud van Nistelrooy, and Paul Van Himst.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger ranks 64. Before him are Beate Klarsfeld, Carolina Herrera, Princess Irene of the Netherlands, Emil Constantinescu, Ricardo Bofill, and Scott Glenn. After him are Dale T. Mortensen, Fikret Abdić, Marco Bellocchio, Gangubai Kothewali, Leland H. Hartwell, and Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Among people deceased in 2024, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger ranks 65. Before him are Jerry West, Susan Wojcicki, Yahya Sinwar, Glynis Johns, Sandra Milo, and Robert Badinter. After him are Nikolai Ryzhkov, Kris Kristofferson, Caterina Valente, Norman Jewison, Daniel Dennett, and Geneviève Grad.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger ranks 1,095 out of 7,253. Before him are Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (1698), William, Duke of Nassau (1792), Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1934), Carl Stamitz (1745), Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1628), and Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1601). After him are Max Klinger (1857), Alfred Brehm (1829), Philip Johan von Strahlenberg (1676), Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (1229), Robert Michels (1876), and Wilhelm Gustloff (1895).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger ranks 22. Before him are Felix Magath (1953), Günter Netzer (1944), Thomas Tuchel (1973), Michael Ballack (1976), Manuel Neuer (1986), and Wolfgang Overath (1943). After him are Mesut Özil (1988), Helmut Haller (1939), Thomas Müller (1989), Jens Lehmann (1969), Uli Stielike (1954), and Sepp Piontek (1940).

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