1966 - Today
José René Higuita Zapata (Spanish pronunciation: [reˈne jˈɣita]; born 27 August 1966) is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was nicknamed El Loco ("The Madman") for his high-risk 'sweeper-keeper' playing style and his flair for the dramatic, and sometimes even scoring goals despite being a goalkeeper. Higuita's style of play, which was first shown to a global audience during the 1990 FIFA World Cup, was pioneering in influencing goalkeepers to take more responsibility for situations farther from the goal.IFFHS ranked Higuita the 8th best South American keeper in history. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René Higuita has received more than 2,241,092 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia. René Higuita is the 91st most popular soccer player (up from 157th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Colombia (up from 8th 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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Among soccer players, René Higuita ranks 91 out of 16,880. Before him are Jean-Pierre Adams, Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Miguel Muñoz, Helenio Herrera, Denis Law, and Roberto Mancini. After him are Udo Lattek, Rob Rensenbrink, Kakuichi Mimura, Xavi, Franco Baresi, and Fritz Walter.
1948 - 2021
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 85
1930 - 2013
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 86
1922 - 1990
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 87
1910 - 1997
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 88
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 89
1964 - Present
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 90
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 91
1935 - 2015
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 92
1947 - 2020
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 93
1931 - 2022
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 94
1980 - Present
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 95
1960 - Present
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 96
1920 - 2002
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 97
Among people born in 1966, René Higuita ranks 15. Before him are Vincent Cassel, Hristo Stoichkov, Helena Bonham Carter, Adam Sandler, Grigori Perelman, and Eric Cantona. After him are Halle Berry, Zoran Milanović, David Cameron, Luke Perry, Robin Wright, and Patrick Dempsey.
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 9
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 10
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 11
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 12
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 13
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 14
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 15
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 16
1966 - Present
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 17
1966 - Present
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 18
1966 - 2019
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 19
1966 - Present
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 20
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 21
Among people born in Colombia, René Higuita ranks 7 out of 306. Before him are Pablo Escobar (1949), Gabriel García Márquez (1927), Fernando Botero (1932), Shakira (1977), Juan Manuel Santos (1951), and César Gaviria (1947). After him are Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela (1939), Carlos Valderrama (1961), Luis Carlos Galán (1943), Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913), Rodrigo Lara (1946), and Pedro López (1948).
1949 - 1993
HPI: 81.88
Rank: 1
1927 - 2014
HPI: 79.79
Rank: 2
1932 - 2023
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 3
1977 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 4
1951 - Present
HPI: 64.18
Rank: 5
1947 - Present
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 6
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 7
1939 - 2022
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 8
1961 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 9
1943 - 1989
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 10
1913 - 1994
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 11
1946 - 1984
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 12
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 13
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), Iván Córdoba (1976), Faustino Asprilla (1969), Juan Cuadrado (1988), Faryd Mondragón (1971), Reinaldo Rueda (1957), David Ospina (1988), and Mario Yepes (1976).
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 1
1961 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 2
1991 - Present
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 3
1967 - 1994
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 4
1986 - Present
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 5
1976 - Present
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 6
1969 - Present
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 7
1988 - Present
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 8
1971 - Present
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 9
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 10
1988 - Present
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 11
1976 - Present
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 12