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Alfonso Silva

1926 - 2007

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Alfonso Silva Placeres (19 March 1926 – 16 February 2007) was a football player considered one of the best in the history of Canary Islands' football. He won La liga with Atletico de Madrid in 1949 and 1950 and was in the Spain national football team which played in the 1950 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. On 10 January 1950 he played for the Canary Islands football team against the Argentine champion San Lorenzo de Almagro which was successfully touring in Europe. The Canary Islands beat them 4–2. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfonso Silva is the 6,300th most popular soccer player (down from 5,834th in 2019), the 2,034th most popular biography from Spain (up from 2,038th in 2019) and the 439th most popular Spanish Soccer Player.

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Among soccer players, Alfonso Silva ranks 6,300 out of 21,273. Before him are Adem Ljajić, Antonio López, Kerem Demirbay, Arturo Vázquez, Edson Braafheid, and Paul McShane. After him are Mehmet Topal, Oleg Pashinin, Kieran Trippier, Sander Westerveld, Yussuf Poulsen, and Ryo Kanazawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Alfonso Silva ranks 516. Before him are R. L. Burnside, Peter Broeker, J. I. Packer, Sonja Åkesson, Margreth Weivers, and Joan Lorring. After him are Don Messick, Kenneth Williams, J. P. Donleavy, Aldo Tarlao, Bruce Harlan, and Karl Gordon Henize. Among people deceased in 2007, Alfonso Silva ranks 390. Before him are Richard Jeni, Satymkul Dzhumanazarov, Kelly Johnson, Teresa Brewer, Kevin DuBrow, and Herb McKenley. After him are Ruth Graham, Dan Fogelberg, Gino Pariani, Porter Wagoner, William Ferguson, and Hughie Thomasson.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Alfonso Silva ranks 2,034 out of 3,355. Before him are Pedro Uralde (1958), Eugenio Leal (1954), Jorge Fernández Díaz (1950), Miriam Blasco (1963), Antonio Biosca (1948), and Antonio López (1981). After him are Goya Toledo (1969), Iker Muniain (1992), Esther Acebo (1983), Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (1967), Fran Escribá (1965), and Tomás Reñones (1960).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Spain

Among soccer players born in Spain, Alfonso Silva ranks 439. Before him are Javi Gracia (1970), Javier de Pedro (1973), Pedro Uralde (1958), Eugenio Leal (1954), Antonio Biosca (1948), and Antonio López (1981). After him are Iker Muniain (1992), Tomás Reñones (1960), Juan Carlos Unzué (1967), Ricardo (1971), Julio Alberto Moreno (1958), and Bruno Soriano (1984).

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