SOCCER PLAYER

Sandro Mazzola

1942 - Today

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Alessandro "Sandro" Mazzola (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsandro matˈtsɔːla]; born 8 November 1942) is an Italian former professional footballer, who played as a forward or attacking midfielder for Internazionale and the Italy national team. He currently works as a football analyst and commentator on the Italian national television station RAI. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Italian football players of all time, and as one of the best players of his generation, due to his speed, work-rate, creativity, technical skills and eye for goal; he placed second in the 1971 Ballon d'Or. Having spent his entire 17 season career with Inter, he holds the honour of being a one-club man. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sandro Mazzola has received more than 541,965 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Sandro Mazzola is the 141st most popular soccer player (down from 134th in 2019), the 940th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,065th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Italian Soccer Player.

Sandro Mazzola is most famous for scoring the winning goal in the 1970 World Cup Final.

Memorability Metrics

  • 540k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Sandro Mazzola ranks 141 out of 21,273. Before him are Alcides Ghiggia, Allan Simonsen, Sergio Ramos, Carlos Valderrama, Robert Lewandowski, and Harald Schumacher. After him are Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Xavi, Xabi Alonso, José Leandro Andrade, Ruud Krol, and Arie Haan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Sandro Mazzola ranks 65. Before him are Caetano Veloso, Stanley B. Prusiner, Vladimír Mečiar, Martin Seligman, Jacob Zuma, and John Clauser. After him are Felipe González, Giacomo Agostini, Thabo Mbeki, Tony Buzan, René Angélil, and Carlos Reutemann.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Sandro Mazzola ranks 940 out of 5,161. Before him are Valerius Maximus (-100), Alberto Sordi (1920), François Gérard (1770), Melania the Younger (383), Pope Leo VIII (900), and Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1810). After him are Marie Mancini (1639), Antipope Anacletus II (1090), Cesare Pavese (1908), Ibycus (-600), Carlo Crivelli (1430), and Servilia (-104).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Sandro Mazzola ranks 17. Before him are Francesco Totti (1976), Gianluigi Buffon (1978), Giacinto Facchetti (1942), Alessandro Del Piero (1974), Fabio Cannavaro (1973), and Filippo Inzaghi (1973). After him are Gianluca Vialli (1964), Vittorio Pozzo (1886), Andrea Pirlo (1979), Antonio Conte (1969), Giampiero Boniperti (1928), and Gino Colaussi (1914).

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