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Óscar Míguez

1927 - 2006

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Óscar Omar Miguez Antón (5 December 1927 – 19 August 2006) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a forward. He was part of the Uruguay team in the 1950 and 1954 World Cups, where he played as a striker, and is Uruguay's all-time record World Cup goalscorer with eight goals. He played club football for Peñarol, and finished his career with Sporting Cristal. Omar Miguez scored five times for his country on the way to a World Cup winners medal in 1950. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Óscar Míguez is the 706th most popular soccer player (down from 592nd in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Uruguay (down from 35th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Uruguayan Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Óscar Míguez ranks 706 out of 21,273. Before him are Álvaro Gestido, Jacinto Quincoces, Eden Hazard, Sergio Agüero, Dani Carvajal, and Rodri. After him are Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Yoshiichi Watanabe, Geoff Hurst, Juan Román Riquelme, Imre Schlosser, and Ali Dia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Óscar Míguez ranks 123. Before him are Wadie Haddad, Sabah, Carlos José Castilho, Eldar Ryazanov, Raymond Chow, and Robert Plutchik. After him are Gordon Cooper, Prince Charles of Luxembourg, Colin Davis, Ken Russell, Alfredo Kraus, and Alan King. Among people deceased in 2006, Óscar Míguez ranks 100. Before him are Ibolya Csák, Aaron Spelling, Red Buttons, Elias Hrawi, Walerian Borowczyk, and Robert Plutchik. After him are Tadao Onishi, P. F. Strawson, Peter Boyle, Johannes Willebrands, Jane Jacobs, and Pierre Clostermann.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Óscar Míguez ranks 37 out of 444. Before him are Edinson Cavani (1987), Pedro Rocha (1942), Pablo Dorado (1908), Juan Carlos Onetti (1909), Jorge Batlle (1927), and Álvaro Gestido (1907). After him are Ernesto Mascheroni (1907), Gregorio Conrado Álvarez (1925), Peregrino Anselmo (1902), Santos Iriarte (1902), Manuel Oribe (1792), and Nando Parrado (1949).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Uruguay

Among soccer players born in Uruguay, Óscar Míguez ranks 21. Before him are Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (1945), Roque Máspoli (1917), Edinson Cavani (1987), Pedro Rocha (1942), Pablo Dorado (1908), and Álvaro Gestido (1907). After him are Ernesto Mascheroni (1907), Peregrino Anselmo (1902), Santos Iriarte (1902), Santos Urdinarán (1900), Álvaro Recoba (1976), and Domingo Tejera (1899).

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