SOCCER PLAYER

Alberto Spencer

1937 - 2006

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Alberto Pedro Spencer Herrera (6 December 1937 – 3 November 2006) was an Ecuadorian footballer who played as a forward, and is widely regarded as one of the best Ecuadorian men's footballers of all time. He is probably best known for his still-standing record for scoring the most goals in the Copa Libertadores, the premier club tournament in South America. He was elected the 20th best South American footballer of the 20th century in a poll by the IFFHS in 2004. He was known as "Cabeza Mágica" (Spanish for magic head). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alberto Spencer is the 928th most popular soccer player (down from 688th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Ecuador (down from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Ecuadorean Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Alberto Spencer ranks 928 out of 21,273. Before him are Richard Kohn, Carlos Kaiser, Kazumi Tsubota, Igor Tudor, Javier Saviola, and Javier Irureta. After him are Juan Alonso, Luigi Bertolini, Toyohito Mochizuki, Adolfo Pedernera, Viktor Gyökeres, and Trifon Ivanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Alberto Spencer ranks 157. Before him are Eduard Streltsov, Lluís Martínez Sistach, Sami Frey, Jovan Divjak, Igor Volk, and Suzanne Pleshette. After him are Trini Lopez, John Hume, Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria, Waylon Jennings, Monkey Punch, and Sofiko Chiaureli. Among people deceased in 2006, Alberto Spencer ranks 124. Before him are Billy Preston, Allen Carr, Marek Grechuta, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Jurij Brězan, and Esther Lederberg. After him are Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, Silva Kaputikyan, Don Thompson, Malcolm Arnold, Yuval Ne'eman, and Valentín Paniagua.

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In Ecuador

Among people born in Ecuador, Alberto Spencer ranks 9 out of 147. Before him are Rafael Correa (1963), Alfredo Palacio (1939), Manuela Sáenz (1797), Lenín Moreno (1953), María Capovilla (1889), and Gabriel García Moreno (1821). After him are José María Velasco Ibarra (1893), Frederick Ashton (1904), Gustavo Noboa (1937), Guillermo Rodríguez (1924), Jamil Mahuad (1949), and Eloy Alfaro (1842).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ecuador

Among soccer players born in Ecuador, Alberto Spencer ranks 1. After him are Antonio Valencia (1985), Enner Valencia (1989), Iván Hurtado (1974), Agustín Delgado (1974), Segundo Castillo (1982), Felipe Caicedo (1988), Carlos Tenorio (1979), Álex Aguinaga (1968), Ulises de la Cruz (1974), Iván Kaviedes (1977), and Willian Pacho (2001).

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