1964 - Today
Aitor "Txiki" Begiristain Mujika (born 12 August 1964) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a left winger but also as a forward, currently director of football of English club Manchester City. He was best known for his spells at Real Sociedad and Barcelona, winning eight major titles with the latter, including four La Liga championships and the 1992 European Cup. Begiristain represented the Spain national team in one World Cup and one European Championship. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Txiki Begiristain has received more than 688,612 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 51 in 2019). Txiki Begiristain is the 915th most popular soccer player (down from 865th in 2019), the 909th most popular biography from Spain (down from 838th in 2019) and the 69th most popular Spanish Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Txiki Begiristain ranks 915 out of 16,880. Before him are Dudu Georgescu, Péter Palotás, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Kalle Svensson, Philippe Coutinho, and Willy van der Kuijlen. After him are Nuno Espírito Santo, Oleh Protasov, Marek Hamšík, Florent Malouda, Josef Hügi, and Antonio Rattín.
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 909
1929 - 1967
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 910
1987 - Present
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 911
1925 - 2000
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 912
1992 - Present
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 913
1946 - 2021
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 914
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 915
1974 - Present
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 916
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 917
1987 - Present
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 918
1980 - Present
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 919
1930 - 1995
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 920
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 921
Among people born in 1964, Txiki Begiristain ranks 104. Before him are Doug Savant, Jennifer Doudna, Paco Tous, Sertab Erener, Mariska Hargitay, and Gore Verbinski. After him are Oleh Protasov, James Purefoy, Jean-Marc Bosman, Kaspar Capparoni, Sandro Rosell, and Rudi Garcia.
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 98
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 99
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 100
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 101
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 102
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 103
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 104
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 105
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 106
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 107
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 108
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 109
1964 - Present
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 110
Among people born in Spain, Txiki Begiristain ranks 909 out of 2,932. Before him are Úrsula Corberó (1989), Ricardo Viñes (1875), Luis Cernuda (1902), Abbad II al-Mu'tadid (1012), Francisco Hernández de Toledo (1515), and Ramón Franco (1896). After him are Massiel (1947), Bahya ibn Paquda (1050), Vicente Aranda (1926), Lucius Licinius Lucullus (-150), Francisco Bayeu y Subías (1734), and Ibn Zaydún (1003).
1989 - Present
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 903
1875 - 1943
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 904
1902 - 1963
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 905
1012 - 1069
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 906
1515 - 1587
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 907
1896 - 1938
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 908
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 909
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 910
1050 - 1120
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 911
1926 - 2015
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 912
150 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 913
1734 - 1795
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 914
1003 - 1071
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 915
Among soccer players born in Spain, Txiki Begiristain ranks 69. Before him are Jesús María Pereda (1938), Miguel Reina (1946), Francisco Bru (1885), Roberto Martínez (1973), Mikel Arteta (1982), and Álvaro Morata (1992). After him are Luis Arconada (1954), Miguel Ángel Nadal (1966), Domènec Balmanya (1914), Ferran Olivella (1936), Bojan Krkić (1990), and José María Zárraga (1930).
1938 - 2011
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 63
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 64
1885 - 1962
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 65
1973 - Present
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 66
1982 - Present
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 67
1992 - Present
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 68
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 69
1954 - Present
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 70
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 71
1914 - 2002
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 72
1936 - Present
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 73
1990 - Present
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 74
1930 - 2012
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 75