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Alejandro Sabella

1954 - 2020

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Alejandro Javier Sabella (locally [saˈβela]; 5 November 1954 – 8 December 2020) was an Argentine football player and manager. Born in Buenos Aires, he began his playing career with River Plate in his home country before moving to England in 1978 to play for Sheffield United. He then had a spell with another English side, Leeds United, before returning to South America and representing Estudiantes, Grêmio, Ferro Carril Oeste and Irapuato. After retiring from playing, Sabella became a coach and began a long association with fellow countryman and close friend Daniel Passarella, serving as his assistant manager during Passarella's spells managing Argentina, Italian club Parma, Uruguay, Mexican club Monterrey and Corinthians in Brazil. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alejandro Sabella is the 675th most popular soccer player (down from 578th in 2019), the 107th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 109th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Argentinean Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Alejandro Sabella ranks 675 out of 21,273. Before him are Thiago Motta, Joachim Streich, Enrico Albertosi, Yann Sommer, Yuki Fushimi, and Hiroshi Katayama. After him are Diego Milito, Ferenc Deák, Luis Molowny, Shigeo Yaegashi, Dave Sexton, and Guy Roux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Alejandro Sabella ranks 101. Before him are Cindy Sherman, Katsuhiro Otomo, Ray Parker Jr., Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Lorraine Bracco, and Milan Martić. After him are Juliane Koepcke, Ellen Barkin, Michael Emerson, Morten P. Meldal, Viktor Medvedchuk, and Yoshiichi Watanabe. Among people deceased in 2020, Alejandro Sabella ranks 141. Before him are Agne Simonsson, Genesis P-Orridge, Ilija Petković, Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, Mesut Yılmaz, and Miloš Jakeš. After him are Charles Moore, Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma, Mory Kanté, Adolfo Nicolás, Ben Cross, and Armen Dzhigarkhanyan.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Alejandro Sabella ranks 107 out of 1,154. Before him are Adolfo Rodríguez Saá (1947), Jorge Burruchaga (1962), Juan Sebastián Verón (1975), Silvina Ocampo (1903), Héctor Rial (1928), and Héctor Germán Oesterheld (1919). After him are Diego Milito (1979), Libertad Lamarque (1908), Héctor Babenco (1946), Atahualpa Yupanqui (1908), Luis Bacalov (1933), and Ricardo Darín (1957).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Argentina

Among soccer players born in Argentina, Alejandro Sabella ranks 35. Before him are Héctor Yazalde (1946), Luis Carniglia (1917), Ubaldo Fillol (1950), Jorge Burruchaga (1962), Juan Sebastián Verón (1975), and Héctor Rial (1928). After him are Diego Milito (1979), Sergio Agüero (1988), Juan Román Riquelme (1978), Alejandro Scopelli (1908), Attilio Demaría (1909), and Enrique Guaita (1910).

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