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Zbigniew Boniek

1956 - Today

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Zbigniew Boniek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈzbiɡɲɛv ˈbɔɲɛk]; born 3 March 1956) is a Polish former footballer and manager as well as a current UEFA vice-president. A former midfielder, who was also capable of playing mostly as a right winger and second striker, he is considered one of the greatest Polish players of all time, and was selected by Pelé as one of the 100 best living footballers in 2004. In an 80-cap international career, Boniek scored 24 goals and played at three consecutive World Cups, helping Poland to 3rd place in 1982 and making the Team of the Tournament. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zbigniew Boniek has received more than 826,085 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Zbigniew Boniek is the 226th most popular soccer player (down from 216th in 2019), the 230th most popular biography from Poland (up from 254th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Polish Soccer Player.

Zbigniew boniek is most famous for playing for the Polish national team and scoring the winning goal in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

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  • 830k

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  • 61.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Zbigniew Boniek ranks 226 out of 21,273. Before him are Philippe Troussier, Josip Skoblar, Radomir Antić, Wolfgang Overath, Alessandro Costacurta, and Rui Costa. After him are Dani Alves, Gaetano Scirea, Luís Figo, Marcel Desailly, Diego Forlán, and Ștefan Kovács.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Zbigniew Boniek ranks 37. Before him are David Caruso, Gina Haspel, William Fichtner, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Aileen Wuornos, and Ravi Shankar. After him are Kim Cattrall, Michael Connelly, Imelda Staunton, Eric Roberts, Marc Dutroux, and Alexey Pajitnov.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Zbigniew Boniek ranks 230 out of 1,694. Before him are Hans Modrow (1928), Felix Hausdorff (1868), Samuel Reshevsky (1911), Władysław II the Exile (1105), Ernst Toller (1893), and Aleksandra Ekster (1882). After him are Ignacy Łukasiewicz (1822), Siegbert Tarrasch (1862), Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927), Aleksander Kwaśniewski (1954), Elisabeth Volkenrath (1919), and Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska (1676).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Poland

Among soccer players born in Poland, Zbigniew Boniek ranks 4. Before him are Miroslav Klose (1978), Robert Lewandowski (1988), and Grzegorz Lato (1950). After him are Udo Lattek (1935), Kazimierz Deyna (1947), Ernst Wilimowski (1916), Lukas Podolski (1985), Włodzimierz Lubański (1947), Włodzimierz Smolarek (1957), Jerzy Dudek (1973), and Andrzej Szarmach (1950).

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