SOCCER PLAYER

Brian Clough

1935 - 2004

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Brian Howard Clough ( KLUF; 21 March 1935 – 20 September 2004) was an English football player and manager, primarily known for his successes as a manager with Derby County and Nottingham Forest. He is one of four managers to have won the English league with two different clubs. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest managers of all time. Charismatic, outspoken and often controversial, his achievements with Derby and Forest, two clubs with little prior history of success, are rated among the greatest in football history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Brian Clough is the 795th most popular soccer player (down from 300th in 2019), the 1,815th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 981st in 2019) and the 52nd most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Brian Clough ranks 795 out of 21,273. Before him are László Budai, Hideo Sakai, Masaki Yokotani, Hiroji Imamura, Terry Cooper, and Alfréd Schaffer. After him are André Abegglen, Jorginho, Peregrino Anselmo, Rudi Garcia, Paulo Sousa, and Ali Sami Yen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Brian Clough ranks 130. Before him are Peter Boyle, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Orlando Peçanha, Lyudmila Chernykh, Yola Ramírez, and Franco Citti. After him are Marc Augé, Sergei Khrushchev, Ken Kercheval, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Djamila Bouhired, and Chaim Topol. Among people deceased in 2004, Brian Clough ranks 89. Before him are Harold Shipman, John Charles, Alan King, Marco Pantani, Shiing-Shen Chern, and Juan Carlos Aramburu. After him are Philip Abelson, Fred Lawrence Whipple, Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, Arnold Orville Beckman, Irina Press, and Ann Miller.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Brian Clough ranks 1,815 out of 8,785. Before him are George MacDonald (1824), Kate Sheppard (1848), Nehemiah Grew (1641), Samuel Bellamy (1689), James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (1531), and Terry Cooper (1944). After him are Frederick Marryat (1792), Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence (1451), Dominic Purcell (1970), Donovan (1946), Jerry Springer (1944), and Christopher Isherwood (1904).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Brian Clough ranks 52. Before him are Steven Gerrard (1980), Jimmy Greaves (1940), Paul Scholes (1974), Allan Clarke (1946), Paul McGrath (1959), and Terry Cooper (1944). After him are Tommy Smith (1945), Peter Taylor (1928), Alf Ramsey (1920), Wayne Rooney (1985), Ian Callaghan (1942), and Alan Smith (1980).

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