SOCCER PLAYER

Rolando Fonseca

1974 - Today

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Rolando Fonseca Jiménez (born 6 June 1974) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who played as a forward. Nicknamed El Principito (The little prince) and El Rolo, Fonseca usually played just off the main striker and was renowned for his ability to create opportunities for his teammates and his fierce long shot. With 47 goals, Fonseca is the Costa Rica national team's all-time top goalscorer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rolando Fonseca has received more than 172,756 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Rolando Fonseca is the 5,855th most popular soccer player (down from 5,248th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Costa Rica (down from 31st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Costa Rican Soccer Player.

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  • 170k

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  • 41.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Rolando Fonseca ranks 5,855 out of 21,273. Before him are Néstor Fabbri, Ivan Radeljić, Walter Dietrich, Andy Auld, Tony Popovic, and Jimmy Ross. After him are Gregg Berhalter, Osamu Maeda, Jan Fiala, Denis Suárez, Davit Mujiri, and Branko Miljuš.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Rolando Fonseca ranks 300. Before him are Andrea Corr, Sven Hannawald, Noriaki Sugiyama, Adriano Gerlin da Silva, Eason Chan, and Krisztina Egerszegi. After him are Fairuza Balk, Big L, Meg White, Nolberto Solano, Kari Byron, and Dragoslav Jevrić.

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In Costa Rica

Among people born in Costa Rica, Rolando Fonseca ranks 35 out of 134. Before him are León Cortés Castro (1882), Bryan Ruiz (1985), Julio Acosta García (1872), Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich (1907), Hernán Medford (1968), and Luis Gabelo Conejo (1960). After him are Rónald Gómez (1975), Óscar Ramírez (1964), Harry Shum Jr. (1982), Joel Campbell (1992), Carlos Alvarado Quesada (1980), and Juan Cayasso (1961).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Costa Rica

Among soccer players born in Costa Rica, Rolando Fonseca ranks 7. Before him are Keylor Navas (1986), Roberto Gayón (1905), Paulo Wanchope (1976), Bryan Ruiz (1985), Hernán Medford (1968), and Luis Gabelo Conejo (1960). After him are Rónald Gómez (1975), Óscar Ramírez (1964), Joel Campbell (1992), Juan Cayasso (1961), Celso Borges (1988), and Walter Centeno (1974).

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