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Néstor Gonçalves

1936 - 2016

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Néstor Goncálvez Martinicorena (27 April 1936 – 29 December 2016) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a midfielder for Uruguay in the 1962 and 1966 FIFA World Cups. He mainly played for C.A. Peñarol and is considered to have been one of the best South American midfielders of the 1960s. Born in Cabellos, Artigas, Gonçalvez began his career playing football for Salto from 1953 to 1956. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Néstor Gonçalves has received more than 42,464 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Néstor Gonçalves is the 2,605th most popular soccer player (down from 2,335th in 2019), the 143rd most popular biography from Uruguay (down from 128th in 2019) and the 86th most popular Uruguayan Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Néstor Gonçalves ranks 2,605 out of 21,273. Before him are Emerich Vogl, Reinhold Münzenberg, Roger Vonlanthen, Atilio Ancheta, Mohamed Timoumi, and Pedro Ochoa. After him are José Bordalás, César Espinoza, Ferenc Szojka, Sven Ulreich, Giovanni Silva de Oliveira, and Petit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Néstor Gonçalves ranks 356. Before him are José Torres, Anton Allemann, Hans van den Broek, David Suzuki, Abdelhamid Brahimi, and Revaz Gabriadze. After him are Alfredo Zitarrosa, Gerald Guralnik, Michał Heller, Vladimir Maslachenko, James Jamerson, and Med Hondo. Among people deceased in 2016, Néstor Gonçalves ranks 313. Before him are Gotlib, Oliver Shanti, Anne Jackson, Caio Júnior, Charmian Carr, and Valery Khalilov. After him are Mother Angelica, Lasse Mårtenson, Martin Lundström, Robert Fano, Anatoly Roshchin, and Lutz D. Schmadel.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Néstor Gonçalves ranks 143 out of 444. Before him are Pedro Arispe (1900), Ondino Viera (1901), Alberto Uria (1924), Ettore Puricelli (1916), Luis Cruz (1925), and Atilio Ancheta (1948). After him are Alfredo Zitarrosa (1936), Diego Alonso (1975), Luis Eduardo Pérez (1774), Rodolfo Rodríguez (1956), Sergio Markarián (1944), and Washington Ortuño (1928).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Uruguay

Among soccer players born in Uruguay, Néstor Gonçalves ranks 86. Before him are Hugo Fernández (1945), Horacio Troche (1935), Pedro Arispe (1900), Ettore Puricelli (1916), Luis Cruz (1925), and Atilio Ancheta (1948). After him are Diego Alonso (1975), Rodolfo Rodríguez (1956), Washington Ortuño (1928), Paolo Montero (1971), Emilio Álvarez (1939), and Ricardo Pavoni (1943).

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