1936 - 2022
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 127,892 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Leonel Sánchez is the 549th most popular soccer player (down from 439th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Chile (down from 24th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Chilean Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Leonel Sánchez ranks 549 out of 16,880. Before him are Adelardo Rodríguez, Dejan Savićević, Shigeyoshi Suzuki, Paulo Sousa, Emmanuel Petit, and Robert Pires. After him are Masao Uchino, Giorgio Chiellini, Hugo Meisl, Ally McCoist, Igor Belanov, and Domingos da Guia.
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 543
1966 - Present
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 544
1902 - 1971
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 545
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 546
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 547
1973 - Present
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 548
1936 - 2022
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 549
1934 - 2013
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 550
1984 - Present
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 551
1881 - 1937
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 552
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 553
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 554
1912 - 2000
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 555
Among people born in 1936, Leonel Sánchez ranks 141. Before him are Julio María Sanguinetti, Jacques Charrier, Ken Mattingly, Hifikepunye Pohamba, Arend Lijphart, and Klaus Kinkel. After him are Glenda Jackson, Philippe Sollers, Costas Simitis, Frances Shand Kydd, Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, and Koji Sasaki. Among people deceased in 2022, Leonel Sánchez ranks 125. Before him are A. B. Yehoshua, Paul Sorvino, Ian McDonald, Michel Bouquet, Olavo de Carvalho, and Eduard Kukan. After him are Gal Costa, Ronnie Spector, Pierre Soulages, Jürgen Grabowski, Alain Tanner, and Mario Terán.
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 135
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 136
1936 - 2023
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 137
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 138
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 139
1936 - 2019
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 140
1936 - 2022
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 141
1936 - 2023
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 142
1936 - 2023
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 143
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 144
1936 - 2004
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 145
1936 - 2021
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 146
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 147
1936 - 2022
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 119
1939 - 2022
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 120
1946 - 2022
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 121
1925 - 2022
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 122
1947 - 2022
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 123
1939 - 2022
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 124
1936 - 2022
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 125
1945 - 2022
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 126
1943 - 2022
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 127
1919 - 2022
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 128
1944 - 2022
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 129
1929 - 2022
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 130
1942 - 2022
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 131
Among people born in Chile, Leonel Sánchez ranks 36 out of 265. Before him are Roberto Matta (1911), Laura Vicuña (1891), Francisco Varela (1946), Arturo Vidal (1987), Orlando Letelier (1932), and Jorge Alessandri (1896). After him are Hortensia Bussi (1914), Pedro Pascal (1975), Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (1877), Alexis Sánchez (1988), Gabriel González Videla (1898), and José Manuel Balmaceda (1840).
1911 - 2002
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 30
1891 - 1904
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 31
1946 - 2001
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 32
1987 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 33
1932 - 1976
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 34
1896 - 1986
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 35
1936 - 2022
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 36
1914 - 2009
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 37
1975 - Present
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 38
1877 - 1960
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 39
1988 - Present
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 40
1898 - 1980
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 41
1840 - 1891
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 42
Among soccer players born in Chile, Leonel Sánchez ranks 4. Before him are Iván Zamorano (1967), Elías Figueroa (1946), and Arturo Vidal (1987). After him are Alexis Sánchez (1988), Guillermo Subiabre (1903), Marcelo Salas (1974), Juan Rodríguez Vega (1944), Carlos Vidal (1902), Claudio Bravo (1983), Roberto Rojas (1957), and Arturo Torres Carrasco (1906).
1967 - Present
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 1
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 2
1987 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 3
1936 - 2022
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 4
1988 - Present
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 5
1903 - 1964
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 6
1974 - Present
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 7
1944 - 2021
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 8
1902 - 1982
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 9
1983 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 10
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 11
1906 - 1987
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 12