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Romà Forns

1885 - 1942

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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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  • 22k

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  • 49.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Romà Forns ranks 1,528 out of 16,880Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Romà Forns ranks 144Before 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 148Before 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.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Romà Forns ranks 1,170 out of 2,932Before 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).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Spain

Among soccer players born in Spain, Romà Forns ranks 128Before 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).