1885 - 1942
Romà Forns Saldaña (died 26 April 1942) was a Spanish footballer and manager. He made his debut as a footballer in late 1902 playing one season for Irish FC but spent the rest of his career with FC Barcelona and the Catalan XI, always as a forward. He later served on the Barcelona board of directors and then coached the club between 1927 and 1929, guiding it to the first ever La Liga championship. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Romà Forns has received more than 22,322 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Romà Forns is the 1,528th most popular soccer player (up from 2,066th in 2019), the 1,170th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,214th in 2019) and the 128th most popular Spanish Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Romà Forns ranks 1,528 out of 16,880. Before him are Martí Ventolrà, Ángel Berni, Tomás Balcázar, Juanito, Ryuzo Hiraki, and Nicolás Otamendi. After him are Saburō Kawabuchi, Vágner Love, Alberto Gilardino, Gary Neville, Alfred Pfaff, and Sotiris Kaiafas.
1906 - 1977
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 1,522
1931 - 2017
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 1,523
1931 - 2020
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 1,524
1954 - 1992
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 1,525
1931 - 2009
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 1,526
1988 - Present
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 1,527
1885 - 1942
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 1,528
1936 - Present
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 1,529
1984 - Present
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 1,530
1982 - Present
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 1,531
1975 - Present
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 1,532
1926 - 2008
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 1,533
1949 - Present
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 1,534
Among people born in 1885, Romà Forns ranks 144. Before him are Egon Wellesz, Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Hedda Hopper, Edward Lasker, Albert Betz, and Guilhermina Suggia. After him are Kazimierz Sosnkowski, Juhan Kukk, Charles Bacon, Edna Ferber, Giovanni Martinelli, and Nadezhda Udaltsova. Among people deceased in 1942, Romà Forns ranks 148. Before him are Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Xiao Hong, Emil von Sauer, Renia Spiegel, August von Gödrich, and Eusebio Ayala. After him are Nevile Henderson, Hugo Distler, Alexey Troitsky, Ants Piip, Frank Churchill, and Juhan Kukk.
1885 - 1974
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 138
1885 - 1961
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 139
1885 - 1966
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 140
1885 - 1981
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 141
1885 - 1968
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 142
1885 - 1950
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 143
1885 - 1942
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 144
1885 - 1969
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 145
1885 - 1942
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 146
1885 - 1968
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 147
1885 - 1968
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 148
1885 - 1969
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 149
1885 - 1961
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 150
1866 - 1942
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 142
1911 - 1942
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 143
1862 - 1942
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 144
1924 - 1942
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 145
1859 - 1942
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 146
1875 - 1942
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 147
1885 - 1942
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 148
1882 - 1942
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 149
1908 - 1942
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 150
1866 - 1942
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 151
1884 - 1942
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 152
1901 - 1942
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 153
1885 - 1942
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 154
Among people born in Spain, Romà Forns ranks 1,170 out of 2,932. Before him are Martí Ventolrà (1906), Robert Gerhard (1896), Juan Carlos Ferrero (1980), Juanito (1954), Paul Naschy (1934), and Chiquito de la Calzada (1932). After him are Juan Modesto (1906), Gabi (1983), María Dolores Pradera (1924), Agustín Sauto Arana (1908), Martí Vergés (1934), and Manuel José Quintana (1772).
1906 - 1977
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 1,164
1896 - 1970
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 1,165
1980 - Present
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 1,166
1954 - 1992
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 1,167
1934 - 2009
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 1,168
1932 - 2017
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 1,169
1885 - 1942
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 1,170
1906 - 1969
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 1,171
1983 - Present
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 1,172
1924 - 2018
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 1,173
1908 - 1986
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 1,174
1934 - 2021
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 1,175
1772 - 1857
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 1,176
Among soccer players born in Spain, Romà Forns ranks 128. Before him are Jesús Navas (1985), Luis Miró (1913), Javi Martínez (1988), Javier Urruticoechea (1952), Martí Ventolrà (1906), and Juanito (1954). After him are Gabi (1983), Agustín Sauto Arana (1908), Martí Vergés (1934), Joaquim Rifé (1942), Diego López (1981), and Luis María Echeberría (1940).
1985 - Present
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 122
1913 - 1991
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 123
1988 - Present
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 124
1952 - 2001
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 125
1906 - 1977
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 126
1954 - 1992
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 127
1885 - 1942
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 128
1983 - Present
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 129
1908 - 1986
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 130
1934 - 2021
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 131
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 132
1981 - Present
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 133
1940 - 2016
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 134