SOCCER PLAYER

Telmo Zarra

1921 - 2006

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Pedro Telmo Zarraonandía Montoya (20 January 1921 – 23 February 2006), known as Telmo Zarra (Basque: [ˈs̻ara], Spanish: [ˈθara]), was a Spanish football forward. He spent the majority of his career at Athletic Bilbao, from 1940 to 1955, for whom he remains the top scorer in competitive matches with 335 goals. Zarra signed for Athletic after playing one season for Erandio. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Telmo Zarra has received more than 504,527 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Telmo Zarra is the 181st most popular soccer player (down from 136th in 2019), the 297th most popular biography from Spain (down from 286th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Spanish Soccer Player.

Telmo Zarra is most famous for being the first player to score 50 goals in La Liga.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Telmo Zarra ranks 181 out of 21,273. Before him are Osamu Yamaji, Lilian Thuram, Peter Shilton, Stjepan Bobek, Clarence Seedorf, and Carles Rexach. After him are Vittorio Pozzo, Günter Netzer, Kenny Dalglish, Luis Suárez, Thomas Tuchel, and Héctor Castro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Telmo Zarra ranks 52. Before him are Abdul Salam Arif, Kenneth Arrow, Nexhmije Hoxha, Herschel Grynszpan, Georges Brassens, and Mary Jackson. After him are James Jones, Deborah Kerr, Harald Quandt, Zdeněk Miler, Alexandra of Yugoslavia, and Louis Jourdan. Among people deceased in 2006, Telmo Zarra ranks 43. Before him are Markus Wolf, Bülent Ecevit, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, John Kenneth Galbraith, Shohei Imamura, and Zoia Ceaușescu. After him are P. W. Botha, Nam June Paik, Claude Jade, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Steve Irwin, and Gordon Parks.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Telmo Zarra ranks 297 out of 3,355. Before him are Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1488), La Belle Otero (1868), Eusebi Güell (1846), Carles Rexach (1947), Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (1626), and Isabella, Princess of Asturias (1851). After him are Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964), Yolande of Aragon (1384), Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436), Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1877), Manolete (1917), and Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain (1729).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Spain

Among soccer players born in Spain, Telmo Zarra ranks 14. Before him are Xavi (1980), Xabi Alonso (1981), Andrés Iniesta (1984), Iker Casillas (1981), Carles Puyol (1978), and Carles Rexach (1947). After him are Pedro Cea (1900), Emilio Butragueño (1963), Amancio Amaro (1939), Ernesto Valverde (1964), Andoni Zubizarreta (1961), and Fernando Torres (1984).

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