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René Higuita

1966 - Today

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José René Higuita Zapata (Spanish pronunciation: [reˈne jˈɣita]; born 27 August 1966) is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René Higuita has received more than 2,385,625 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). René Higuita is the 109th most popular soccer player (down from 91st in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Colombia (up from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Colombian Soccer Player.

René Higuita is most famous for his scorpion kick goal against England in the 1990 World Cup, which was the first time that this type of goal had been seen in a World Cup.

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  • 64.72

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  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, René Higuita ranks 109 out of 21,273. Before him are Nándor Hidegkuti, Andriy Shevchenko, Matthias Sindelar, Cafu, Zito, and Vahid Halilhodžić. After him are Kunishige Kamamoto, Leônidas, Hiroto Muraoka, Didier Deschamps, Jorge Jesus, and César Luis Menotti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, René Higuita ranks 13. Before him are Salma Hayek, Roman Abramovich, Hristo Stoichkov, Grigori Perelman, Helena Bonham Carter, and Eric Cantona. After him are Vincent Cassel, Halle Berry, Mikhail Mishustin, David Cameron, Alessandro Costacurta, and Zoran Milanović.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, René Higuita ranks 5 out of 356. Before him are Pablo Escobar (1949), Gabriel García Márquez (1927), Griselda Blanco (1943), and Fernando Botero (1932). After him are Juan Manuel Santos (1951), César Gaviria (1947), Carlos Valderrama (1961), Shakira (1977), Sofía Vergara (1972), Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela (1939), and Luis Garavito (1957).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Colombia

Among soccer players born in Colombia, René Higuita ranks 1. After him are Carlos Valderrama (1961), James Rodríguez (1991), Andrés Escobar (1967), Radamel Falcao (1986), Faustino Asprilla (1969), Iván Córdoba (1976), Juan Cuadrado (1988), Faryd Mondragón (1971), Juan Carlos Osorio (1961), Freddy Rincón (1966), and David Ospina (1988).

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