SOCCER PLAYER

Antonio Puerta

1984 - 2007

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Antonio José Puerta Pérez (Spanish pronunciation: [anˈtonjo ˈpweɾta]; 26 November 1984 – 28 August 2007) was a Spanish professional footballer who played solely for Sevilla. Mainly a left midfielder who could also operate as an attacking left-back, he died on 28 August 2007 affected with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, three days after suffering a series of cardiac arrests during a La Liga game against Getafe on the 25th. Puerta won five trophies with his only club, and appeared once for Spain. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antonio Puerta is the 2,360th most popular soccer player (down from 1,022nd in 2019), the 1,353rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 892nd in 2019) and the 192nd most popular Spanish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Antonio Puerta ranks 2,360 out of 21,273. Before him are Yukitaka Omi, Roque Júnior, Milovan Jakšić, Harry Andersson, Juvenal Amarijo, and Jorge Costa. After him are Marinho Peres, Konrad Hirsch, Murat Yakin, Martin Hoffmann, Sergio Valdés, and Piero Pasinati.

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Among people born in 1984, Antonio Puerta ranks 60. Before him are Bob Morley, Marija Šerifović, Nikola Karabatić, István Kovács, Stephan Lichtsteiner, and Ku Hye-sun. After him are Mahamat Déby, Branislav Ivanović, Mathieu Valbuena, Helene Fischer, Kevin Owens, and Tony Ferguson. Among people deceased in 2007, Antonio Puerta ranks 241. Before him are Henry L. Giclas, Kenji Miyamoto, Qurratulain Hyder, Iccho Itoh, Petr Eben, and Art Buchwald. After him are Rosalio José Castillo Lara, Francisco Umbral, Princess Marie Adelaide of Luxembourg, Miyoshi Umeki, Lloyd Alexander, and Frankie Laine.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Antonio Puerta ranks 1,353 out of 3,355. Before him are Antonio Puchades (1925), Delio Rodríguez (1916), Gerardo Diego (1896), Valeriano Weyler (1838), Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou (1974), and Manuel Curros Enríquez (1851). After him are Conchita Bautista (1936), Aritz Aduriz (1981), Juan de Villanueva (1739), Javier Mariscal (1950), Álvaro Morte (1975), and Marcos Alonso (1959).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Spain

Among soccer players born in Spain, Antonio Puerta ranks 192. Before him are Mikel Oyarzabal (1997), Iván de la Peña (1976), José Berraondo (1878), Marco Asensio (1996), Iago Aspas (1987), and Antonio Puchades (1925). After him are Aritz Aduriz (1981), Marcos Alonso (1959), José Planas (1901), Gabriel Alonso (1923), Javi Martínez (1988), and Rubén Baraja (1975).

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