SOCCER PLAYER

Pedro Rocha

1942 - 2013

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Pedro Virgilio Rocha Franchetti (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo ˈrotʃa]; 3 December 1942 – 2 December 2013) was a Uruguayan footballer who played 52 games for the Uruguay national team between 1961 and 1974. Nicknamed "el Verdugo" ("the Executioner"), he was a highly skillful midfielder and a prolific goalscorer, regarded by Pelé as "one of the 5 best players in the world". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pedro Rocha has received more than 67,573 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Pedro Rocha is the 309th most popular soccer player (up from 338th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Uruguay (up from 23rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Uruguayan Soccer Player.

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  • 68k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Pedro Rocha ranks 309 out of 21,273. Before him are Wesley Sneijder, José Santamaría, Julen Lopetegui, Valentino Mazzola, Giovanni Ferrari, and Claudio Gentile. After him are Sepp Piontek, Josep Samitier, Vujadin Boškov, José Antonio Camacho, Iván Zamorano, and György Sárosi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Pedro Rocha ranks 115. Before him are Manolo Blahnik, Kang Kek Iew, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Lee Kun-hee, Terry Jones, and Britt Ekland. After him are Hannu Mikkola, Vladimir Bukovsky, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Karen Grassle, Anita Pallenberg, and Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle. Among people deceased in 2013, Pedro Rocha ranks 65. Before him are Hiroshi Yamauchi, Pierre Mauroy, Henri Dutilleux, Antoni Ramallets, J. J. Cale, and Sara Montiel. After him are Joe Weider, Kenneth G. Wilson, Patrice Chéreau, David H. Hubel, Roger Ebert, and Conrad Bain.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Pedro Rocha ranks 19 out of 444. Before him are Óscar Tabárez (1947), Enzo Francescoli (1961), Enrique Ballestrero (1905), José Gervasio Artigas (1764), Diego Forlán (1979), and José Santamaría (1929). After him are Alberto Suppici (1898), Obdulio Varela (1917), Mario Benedetti (1920), Jules Laforgue (1860), Edinson Cavani (1987), and Pedro Petrone (1905).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Uruguay

Among soccer players born in Uruguay, Pedro Rocha ranks 12. Before him are Luis Suárez (1987), Héctor Castro (1904), Enzo Francescoli (1961), Enrique Ballestrero (1905), Diego Forlán (1979), and José Santamaría (1929). After him are Alberto Suppici (1898), Obdulio Varela (1917), Edinson Cavani (1987), Pedro Petrone (1905), Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (1945), and Pablo Dorado (1908).

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