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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 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 450,565 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Oscar Ruggeri is the 1,684th most popular soccer player (down from 1,427th in 2019), the 289th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 251st in 2019) and the 116th most popular Argentinean Soccer Player.

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  • 450k

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  • 48.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Oscar Ruggeri ranks 1,684 out of 16,880Before him are Jurica Jerković, Sándor Bíró, Chris Waddle, Félix Sesúmaga, Étienne Mattler, and Lars Høgh. After him are Jack Grealish, Bror Mellberg, Reinhard Libuda, Ian Wright, Fabio Cudicini, and Robert Ballaman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Oscar Ruggeri ranks 166Before him are Ginger Lynn, Kim Hyon-hui, Tariq Ramadan, Predrag Bjelac, Carl Cox, and Wim Kieft. After him are Simon Abkarian, Sumi Jo, David Zayas, Richard Roxburgh, Oleksiy Danilov, and Ari Folman.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Oscar Ruggeri ranks 289 out of 1,019Before him are Luis Galván (1948), Claudio López (1974), Rafael Iglesias (1924), Santiago Solari (1976), José Evaristo Uriburu (1831), and Edmundo Piaggio (1905). After him are Abel Balbo (1966), Norberto Alonso (1953), Martín Demichelis (1980), Manu Ginóbili (1977), Juan José Saer (1937), and Javier Pastore (1989).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Argentina

Among soccer players born in Argentina, Oscar Ruggeri ranks 116Before him are Alberto Chividini (1907), Omar Larrosa (1947), Luis Galván (1948), Claudio López (1974), Santiago Solari (1976), and Edmundo Piaggio (1905). After him are Abel Balbo (1966), Norberto Alonso (1953), Martín Demichelis (1980), Javier Pastore (1989), Ricardo Gareca (1958), and Emiliano Sala (1990).