SOCCER PLAYER

Obdulio Varela

1917 - 1996

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Obdulio Jacinto Muiños Varela (Spanish pronunciation: [oβˈðuljo βaˈɾela]; September 20, 1917 — August 2, 1996) was a Uruguayan football player. He was the captain of the Uruguay national team that won the 1950 World Cup after beating Brazil in the decisive final round match popularly known as the Maracanazo. He was nicknamed "El Negro Jefe" (The Black Chief) because of his dark skin and the influence he had on the pitch, especially during the unlikely victory over Brazil. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Obdulio Varela has received more than 180,626 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Obdulio Varela is the 327th most popular soccer player (down from 285th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Uruguay (down from 17th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Uruguayan Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Obdulio Varela ranks 327 out of 21,273. Before him are Hilderaldo Bellini, Gerardo Martino, Phil Neville, Pepe, Wim Jansen, and Claudio Caniggia. After him are Gyula Lóránt, Dettmar Cramer, Abedi Pele, Jari Litmanen, Olivier Giroud, and Leonel Sánchez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Obdulio Varela ranks 71. Before him are Juan Rulfo, Yigael Yadin, David McClelland, Kunitaka Sueoka, Pál Maléter, and Kamal Jumblatt. After him are Magda Szabó, Robert Bloch, Ettore Sottsass, Henry Ford II, Maurice Trintignant, and Alexander Schmorell. Among people deceased in 1996, Obdulio Varela ranks 58. Before him are Marianne Bachmeier, František Plánička, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Rafael Kubelík, Frida Boccara, and Lucio Fulci. After him are María Casares, Brigitte Helm, Helmut Schön, Hideo Sakai, Hans Blumenberg, and Piet Hein.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Obdulio Varela ranks 21 out of 444. Before him are Enrique Ballestrero (1905), José Gervasio Artigas (1764), Diego Forlán (1979), José Santamaría (1929), Pedro Rocha (1942), and Alberto Suppici (1898). After him are Mario Benedetti (1920), Jules Laforgue (1860), Edinson Cavani (1987), Pedro Petrone (1905), Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (1945), and Pablo Dorado (1908).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Uruguay

Among soccer players born in Uruguay, Obdulio Varela ranks 14. Before him are Enzo Francescoli (1961), Enrique Ballestrero (1905), Diego Forlán (1979), José Santamaría (1929), Pedro Rocha (1942), and Alberto Suppici (1898). After him are Edinson Cavani (1987), Pedro Petrone (1905), Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (1945), Pablo Dorado (1908), Roque Máspoli (1917), and Ernesto Mascheroni (1907).

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