SOCCER PLAYER

Luis Vargas Peña

1905 - 1994

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Luis Vargas Peña (1905 in Asunción–1994) was one of the greatest Paraguayan footballers (wingers) before the Second World War.[1] He was the first Paraguayan to score a goal for the Paraguay national football team in a FIFA World Cup, accomplishing that in a match valid for the group stage of the 1930 FIFA World Cup against Belgium, played on 20 July. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luis Vargas Peña has received more than 21,120 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Luis Vargas Peña is the 2,086th most popular soccer player (down from 1,457th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Paraguay (down from 24th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Paraguayan Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Luis Vargas Peña ranks 2,086 out of 21,273Before him are Katsuyuki Kawachi, Yossi Benayoun, Alfredo II, Francisco Rodrigues, Luigi Di Biagio, and Angelo Anquilletti. After him are Diego, Jimmy McGrory, Andy Cole, José Araquistáin, Araken Patusca, and Américo Gallego.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Luis Vargas Peña ranks 218Before him are Laura Perls, Eric Frank Russell, Antonio Berni, Markos Vamvakaris, Albert Dekker, and Fulvio Bernardini. After him are Araken Patusca, Pote Sarasin, Adolf Ehrnrooth, Gösta Dunker, Anton Ackermann, and Juan O'Gorman. Among people deceased in 1994, Luis Vargas Peña ranks 199Before him are Ralph Ellison, Grigol Abashidze, Lili Damita, Lilia Skala, Norman Read, and Robert Rozhdestvensky. After him are Rolf Singer, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Bruno Pezzey, Arnold Badjou, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Enrico Maria Salerno.

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In Paraguay

Among people born in Paraguay, Luis Vargas Peña ranks 30 out of 203Before him are Cayetano Ré (1938), Eulogio Martínez (1935), Raúl Cubas Grau (1943), Roque Santa Cruz (1981), Luis Ángel González Macchi (1947), and Federico Franco (1962). After him are Higinio Morínigo (1897), Delfín Benítez Cáceres (1910), Mario Abdo Benítez (1971), Nicanor Duarte (1956), Ángel Berni (1931), and Juan Bautista Gill (1840).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Paraguay

Among soccer players born in Paraguay, Luis Vargas Peña ranks 10Before him are Manuel Fleitas Solich (1900), Aurelio González (1905), Heriberto Herrera (1926), Cayetano Ré (1938), Eulogio Martínez (1935), and Roque Santa Cruz (1981). After him are Delfín Benítez Cáceres (1910), Ángel Berni (1931), Darío Jara Saguier (1930), Gerardo Romero (1906), Carlos Gamarra (1971), and Óscar Cardozo (1983).