1921 - 2007
Nobuo Matsunaga (松永 信夫, Matsunaga Nobuo, December 6, 1921 – September 25, 2007) was a Japanese footballer and manager. He played for the Japan national team. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nobuo Matsunaga has received more than 11,576 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 51 in 2019). Nobuo Matsunaga is the 374th most popular soccer player (up from 520th in 2019), the 430th most popular biography from Japan (up from 554th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Japanese Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Nobuo Matsunaga ranks 374 out of 16,880. Before him are Masafumi Hara, Marcelo, Wesley Sneijder, Branko Zebec, Alessandro Nesta, and Angelo Schiavio. After him are Oliver Bierhoff, Alain Giresse, Robin van Persie, Hakan Şükür, Wayne Rooney, and Claudio Caniggia.
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 368
1988 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 369
1984 - Present
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 370
1929 - 1988
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 371
1976 - Present
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 372
1905 - 1990
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 373
1921 - 2007
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 374
1968 - Present
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 375
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 376
1983 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 377
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 378
1985 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 379
1967 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 380
Among people born in 1921, Nobuo Matsunaga ranks 107. Before him are Jean-Marie Balestre, Donna Reed, Nino Manfredi, Stein Rokkan, James Whitmore, and Neslişah Sultan. After him are Ariel Ramírez, Jean Behra, Géza Anda, Ágnes Keleti, Wolfgang Borchert, and Arthur Grumiaux. Among people deceased in 2007, Nobuo Matsunaga ranks 80. Before him are Vilma Espín, Ousmane Sembène, István Sándorfi, Jaan Kross, Gianfranco Ferré, and Sri Chinmoy. After him are Raul Hilberg, Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Gordon Scott, Petar Stambolić, Maria Gripe, and Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti.
1921 - 2008
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 101
1921 - 1986
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 102
1921 - 2004
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 103
1921 - 1979
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 104
1921 - 2009
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 105
1921 - 2012
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 106
1921 - 2007
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 107
1921 - 2010
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 108
1921 - 1959
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 109
1921 - 1976
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 110
1921 - Present
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 111
1921 - 1947
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 112
1921 - 1986
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 113
1930 - 2007
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 74
1923 - 2007
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 75
1948 - 2007
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 76
1920 - 2007
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 77
1944 - 2007
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 78
1931 - 2007
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 79
1921 - 2007
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 80
1926 - 2007
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 81
1918 - 2007
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 82
1926 - 2007
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 83
1912 - 2007
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 84
1923 - 2007
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 85
1951 - 2007
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 86
Among people born in Japan, Nobuo Matsunaga ranks 430 out of 6,048. Before him are Emperor Yōzei (867), Mikio Naruse (1905), Satoshi Kon (1963), Emperor Daigo (885), Emperor Shijō (1231), and Ono no Komachi (825). After him are Emperor Go-Suzaku (1009), Ichirou Mizuki (1948), Eiichiro Oda (1975), Takeo Fukuda (1905), Emperor Go-Hanazono (1419), and Shoichi Nishimura (1912).
867 - 949
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 424
1905 - 1969
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 425
1963 - 2010
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 426
885 - 930
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 427
1231 - 1242
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 428
825 - 900
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 429
1921 - 2007
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 430
1009 - 1045
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 431
1948 - 2022
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 432
1975 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 433
1905 - 1995
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 434
1419 - 1471
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 435
1912 - 1998
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 436
Among soccer players born in Japan, Nobuo Matsunaga ranks 46. Before him are Shumpei Inoue (null), Masuzo Madono (null), Michiyo Taki (null), Nagayasu Honda (null), Saburo Shinosaki (null), and Masafumi Hara (1943). After him are Shoichi Nishimura (1912), Shiro Azumi (null), Shiro Misaki (null), Yanosuke Watanabe (null), Ken Noritake (1922), and Junji Kawano (1945).
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 40
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 41
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 42
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 43
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 44
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 45
1921 - 2007
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 46
1912 - 1998
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 47
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 48
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 49
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 50
1922 - 1994
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 51
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 52