SOCCER PLAYER

Oscar Ruggeri

1962 - Today

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Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri (born 26 January 1962) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as centre-back. Nicknamed El Cabezón ("The Big-head One"), Ruggeri achieved success at the international level with the Argentina national team, being part of the teams that won the 1986 FIFA World Cup, two editions of the Copa América and the 1992 FIFA Confederations Cup. At the club level, Ruggeri's most successful stint was with Argentine club River Plate, where he won the 1986 Copa Libertadores (also the club's first title win in this tournament) the 1986 Copa Interamericana and the 1986 Intercontinental Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oscar Ruggeri has received more than 482,669 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Oscar Ruggeri is the 1,478th most popular soccer player (up from 1,684th in 2019), the 251st most popular biography from Argentina (up from 289th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular Argentinean Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 51.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Oscar Ruggeri ranks 1,478 out of 21,273. Before him are Josef Košťálek, Robert Jonquet, Javier Urruticoechea, Ștefan Barbu, Adolfo Baloncieri, and Juan Manuel Asensi. After him are Juan Carlos Osorio, Aurelio González, Eusebio Sacristán, Serginho Chulapa, Roberto Miranda, and José María Zárraga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Oscar Ruggeri ranks 144. Before him are Ollanta Humala, Baz Luhrmann, Dorian Yates, Tigran Sargsyan, Natalya Lisovskaya, and Bassel al-Assad. After him are Victor Pelevin, Sergio Batista, Jutta Kleinschmidt, Susanne Klatten, Paavo Järvi, and James Michael Tyler.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Oscar Ruggeri ranks 251 out of 1,154. Before him are Eduardo Francisco Pironio (1920), Rodolfo Orlandini (1905), Lolita Torres (1929), Francisco Olazar (1885), Robledo Puch (1952), and Marga López (1924). After him are Leopoldo Lugones (1874), Juan Carlos Lorenzo (1922), Sergio Batista (1962), Leonardo Favio (1938), Gustavo Cerati (1959), and Sandro de América (1945).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Argentina

Among soccer players born in Argentina, Oscar Ruggeri ranks 103. Before him are Germán Burgos (1969), Carmelo Simeone (1934), Ricardo Bochini (1954), Martín Palermo (1973), Rodolfo Orlandini (1905), and Francisco Olazar (1885). After him are Juan Carlos Lorenzo (1922), Rogelio Domínguez (1931), Fernando Paternoster (1903), Luis Galván (1948), Juan Pablo Sorín (1976), and Roberto Aballay (1922).

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