SOCCER PLAYER

Leonel Sánchez

1936 - 2022

Leonel Sánchez

Leonel Guillermo Sánchez Lineros (25 April 1936 – 2 April 2022) was a Chilean professional footballer who played as a striker or on the left wing. He is recognized as one of the Best South American Footballers of the 20th Century and one of the great forwards in the history of the FIFA World Cup. He was the top goalscorer of the 1962 FIFA World Cup where Chile achieved a historic third-place finish. He was also part of the team of the tournament of the World Cup and was awarded the Golden Boot and the Bronze Ball from FIFA. He was also included in the top 100 players of the history of the World Cups by FIFA. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonel Sánchez has received more than 141,539 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Leonel Sánchez is the 333rd most popular soccer player (up from 549th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Chile (up from 36th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chilean Soccer Player.

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140k
Page Views (PV)
59.40
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
37
Languages Editions (L)
6.88
Effective Languages (L*)
2.90
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Leonel Sánchez ranks 333 out of 21,273. Before him are Obdulio Varela, Gyula Lóránt, Dettmar Cramer, Abedi Pele, Jari Litmanen, and Olivier Giroud. After him are Hernán Crespo, Santillana, Quini, Hakan Şükür, Cláudio Taffarel, and Toninho Cerezo.

Most Popular Soccer Players in Wikipedia

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Obdulio Varela
1917 - 1996
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 327
Gyula Lóránt
1923 - 1981
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 328
Dettmar Cramer
1925 - 2015
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 329
Abedi Pele
1964 - Present
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 330
Jari Litmanen
1971 - Present
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 331
Olivier Giroud
1986 - Present
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 332
Leonel Sánchez
1936 - 2022
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 333
Hernán Crespo
1975 - Present
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 334
Santillana
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 335
Quini
1949 - 2018
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 336
Hakan Şükür
1971 - Present
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 337
Cláudio Taffarel
1966 - Present
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 338
Toninho Cerezo
1955 - Present
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 339

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Leonel Sánchez ranks 90. Before him are Kenneth G. Wilson, Christine Nöstlinger, Petar Mladenov, Omar Suleiman, Eric Walter Elst, and Samuel C. C. Ting. After him are Jean M. Auel, Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, Héctor Elizondo, Don DeLillo, Moussa Traoré, and Dean Stockwell. Among people deceased in 2022, Leonel Sánchez ranks 80. Before him are Edward C. Prescott, Ruggero Deodato, Frank Drake, David Warner, Wim Jansen, and Eric Walter Elst. After him are Luis Echeverría, Peter Bogdanovich, Jürgen Grabowski, Ichirou Mizuki, Fred Ward, and Saul Kripke.

Others Born in 1936

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Kenneth G. Wilson
PHYSICIST
1936 - 2013
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 84
Christine Nöstlinger
WRITER
1936 - 2018
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 85
Petar Mladenov
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2000
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 86
Omar Suleiman
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2012
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 87
Eric Walter Elst
ASTRONOMER
1936 - 2022
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 88
Samuel C. C. Ting
PHYSICIST
1936 - Present
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 89
Leonel Sánchez
SOCCER PLAYER
1936 - 2022
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 90
Jean M. Auel
WRITER
1936 - Present
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 91
Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy
NOBLEMAN
1936 - Present
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 92
Héctor Elizondo
ACTOR
1936 - Present
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 93
Don DeLillo
WRITER
1936 - Present
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 94
Moussa Traoré
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2020
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 95
Dean Stockwell
ACTOR
1936 - 2021
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 96