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Diego Forlán

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Diego Forlán Corazo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdje.ɣo foɾˈlan]; born 19 May 1979) is a Uruguayan football manager and a former player, who played as a forward, and last served as head coach for Uruguayan Segunda División club Club Atlético Atenas. Widely regarded as one of the best forwards of his generation, Forlán was praised for his versatility, intelligence, technique, and shooting abilities. As of 2024, Forlán is a professional tennis player, having made his ATP debut at the 2024 Uruguay Open. Forlán started his career in his native Uruguay as a youth player with Peñarol and Danubio, before joining Argentine club Independiente in 1997. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Diego Forlán is the 334th most popular soccer player (down from 231st in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Uruguay (up from 17th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Uruguayan Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Diego Forlán ranks 334 out of 21,273. Before him are Shoko Hamada, Nagayasu Honda, Nobuo Matsunaga, Masanobu Izumi, Josip Skoblar, and Seki Matsunaga. After him are Nani, Hisataka Okamoto, Enzo Francescoli, Noritaka Hidaka, Karim Benzema, and Vujadin Boškov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Diego Forlán ranks 9. Before him are Heath Ledger, Olga Kurylenko, Kevin Hart, Andrea Pirlo, Markus Persson, and Valentino Rossi. After him are Kimi Räikkönen, Roberta Metsola, Alice Weidel, Tim Cahill, Luke Evans, and Tawakkol Karman.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Diego Forlán ranks 15 out of 444. Before him are Juan Alberto Schiaffino (1925), Héctor Scarone (1898), Óscar Tabárez (1947), José Gervasio Artigas (1764), Héctor Castro (1904), and Enrique Ballestrero (1905). After him are Enzo Francescoli (1961), Pedro Petrone (1905), Obdulio Varela (1917), Lucía Topolansky (1944), Julio María Sanguinetti (1936), and Natalia Oreiro (1977).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Uruguay

Among soccer players born in Uruguay, Diego Forlán ranks 9. Before him are Alcides Ghiggia (1926), José Nasazzi (1901), Juan Alberto Schiaffino (1925), Héctor Scarone (1898), Héctor Castro (1904), and Enrique Ballestrero (1905). After him are Enzo Francescoli (1961), Pedro Petrone (1905), Obdulio Varela (1917), José Santamaría (1929), Alberto Suppici (1898), and Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (1945).

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