SOCCER PLAYER

Enzo Francescoli

1961 - Today

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Enzo Francescoli Uriarte (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈenso fɾanseˈskoljuˈɾjaɾte]; born 12 November 1961), nicknamed "El Príncipe" (lit. 'The Prince'), is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or forward. He is regarded as one of the best playmakers of his generation and as one of Uruguay's and South America's greatest ever players. He represented his nation at two FIFA World Cups, in 1986 and 1990, also winning the Copa América in 1983, 1987 and 1995. At club level, Francescoli began his career with Uruguayan club Wanderers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Enzo Francescoli is the 337th most popular soccer player (down from 191st in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Uruguay (down from 14th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Uruguayan Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Enzo Francescoli ranks 337 out of 21,273Before him are Masanobu Izumi, Josip Skoblar, Seki Matsunaga, Diego Forlán, Nani, and Hisataka Okamoto. After him are Noritaka Hidaka, Karim Benzema, Vujadin Boškov, Tadao Horie, Antoni Ramallets, and Reizo Fukuhara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Enzo Francescoli ranks 43Before him are Carl Lewis, Andoni Zubizarreta, Julia Gillard, Samy Naceri, Woody Harrelson, and Tim Roth. After him are Randy Jackson, Alfonso Cuarón, Karl von Habsburg, William C. McCool, Larry Mullen Jr., and Jennifer Coolidge.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Enzo Francescoli ranks 16 out of 444Before him are Héctor Scarone (1898), Óscar Tabárez (1947), José Gervasio Artigas (1764), Héctor Castro (1904), Enrique Ballestrero (1905), and Diego Forlán (1979). After him are Pedro Petrone (1905), Obdulio Varela (1917), Lucía Topolansky (1944), Julio María Sanguinetti (1936), Natalia Oreiro (1977), and José Santamaría (1929).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Uruguay

Among soccer players born in Uruguay, Enzo Francescoli ranks 10Before him are José Nasazzi (1901), Juan Alberto Schiaffino (1925), Héctor Scarone (1898), Héctor Castro (1904), Enrique Ballestrero (1905), and Diego Forlán (1979). After him are Pedro Petrone (1905), Obdulio Varela (1917), José Santamaría (1929), Alberto Suppici (1898), Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (1945), and Roque Máspoli (1917).