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Bruce Grobbelaar

1957 - Today

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Bruce David Grobbelaar (born 6 October 1957) is a Zimbabwean former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, most prominently for English club Liverpool between 1981 and 1994, and for the Zimbabwean national team. Regarded as one of the best goalkeepers of his era, he is remembered for his gymnastic-like athletic ability, unflappable confidence, eccentric and flamboyant style of play, as well as his rushing ability, which has led pundits to compare him retrospectively to the sweeper-keepers of the modern era. Born in South Africa, Grobbelaar grew up in neighbouring Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe), and served in the Rhodesian Army before he joined the Vancouver Whitecaps of the North American Soccer League in 1979. He gained Liverpool's attention during a loan spell at Crewe Alexandra during the 1979–80 season, and signed for the Merseyside club in 1981. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bruce Grobbelaar is the 2,328th most popular soccer player (down from 1,269th in 2019), the 100th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 54th in 2019) and the most popular South African Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Bruce Grobbelaar ranks 2,328 out of 21,273. Before him are Marco Asensio, Iago Aspas, Carlo Parola, Jacek Gmoch, Costa Pereira, and Angelo Di Livio. After him are Tomoko Ohara, Cristóbal Ortega, Ricardo Giusti, Tomoyasu Asaoka, Javier Pastore, and Steve McMahon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Bruce Grobbelaar ranks 234. Before him are Bryan Robson, Florence Arthaud, Fulvio Collovati, Yemi Osinbajo, Ratna Pathak, and Andris Piebalgs. After him are Tomoko Ohara, Gérald Lacroix, Marie Myriam, Sima Samar, Richard Powers, and Brutus Beefcake.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Bruce Grobbelaar ranks 100 out of 454. Before him are Evelyn Mase (1922), Lawrence Stevens (1913), John Cranko (1927), Piet Retief (1780), Koos de la Rey (1847), and Julius Malema (1981). After him are Renée Schuurman (1939), Jamie Uys (1921), Claude Chevalley (1909), Hugh Masekela (1939), Ernest Leonard Johnson (1891), and Alfred Swift (1931).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In South Africa

Among soccer players born in South Africa, Bruce Grobbelaar ranks 1. After him are Gordon Hodgson (1904), Dimas (1969), Siphiwe Tshabalala (1984), Steven Pienaar (1982), Benni McCarthy (1977), Mark González (1984), Phil Masinga (1969), Hans Vonk (1970), MacBeth Sibaya (1977), Lucas Radebe (1969), and Aaron Mokoena (1980).

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