REFEREE

Sándor Puhl

1955 - 2021

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Sándor Puhl (14 July 1955 – 20 May 2021) was a Hungarian football referee, best known for officiating four matches in the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States, including the final between Brazil and Italy. He also refereed UEFA Champions League matches, including the 1997 UEFA Champions League Final between Borussia Dortmund and Juventus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sándor Puhl has received more than 127,296 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Sándor Puhl is the 5th most popular referee (down from 2nd in 2019), the 301st most popular biography from Hungary (down from 283rd in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Referee.

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  • 130k

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  • 53.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among REFEREES

Among referees, Sándor Puhl ranks 5 out of 147. Before him are Pierluigi Collina, Romualdo Arppi Filho, Ivan Eklind, and Damir Skomina. After him are Michel Vautrot, Markus Merk, Horacio Elizondo, Rudi Glöckner, Nicolae Rainea, Jack Taylor, and Björn Kuipers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Sándor Puhl ranks 147. Before him are Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Vladimir Sorokin, Judy Davis, Alberto Tarantini, Khalid al-Islambouli, and Kelsey Grammer. After him are Olivier Assayas, Israel Katz, Moses Malone, Brian Kobilka, Billy Blanks, and Ildikó Enyedi. Among people deceased in 2021, Sándor Puhl ranks 190. Before him are Zlatko Kranjčar, Gustavo Noboa, Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, Eric Carle, Wilfried Van Moer, and Sabah Fakhri. After him are Lou Ottens, Albert Vanhoye, Benigno Aquino III, Anne Buydens, Arlene Dahl, and Etel Adnan.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Sándor Puhl ranks 301 out of 1,077. Before him are Máté Zalka (1896), Béla Kiss (1877), Lippo Hertzka (1904), Péter Erdő (1952), Béla Király (1912), and Mihály Vörösmarty (1800). After him are George Tabori (1914), László Polgár (1946), Catherine of Hungary, Queen of Serbia (1256), Sigismund Rákóczi (1544), Miklós Ybl (1814), and László Benedek (1905).

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Among REFEREES In Hungary

Among referees born in Hungary, Sándor Puhl ranks 1. After him are Viktor Kassai (1975).

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