SOCCER PLAYER

Francisco Bru

1885 - 1962

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Francisco Bru Sanz (12 April 1885 – 10 June 1962), also known as Paco Bru, was a Spanish football player, referee and manager. As a footballer he played as a striker and midfielder for FC Internacional and as a defender for FC Barcelona, RCD Español and the Catalan XI. After retiring as a player, Bru became a referee and took charge of the 1916 and 1917 Copa del Rey finals. He later became the first ever manager of Spain, guiding them to the silver medal at the 1920 Olympic Games. As a manager with Real Madrid, then known as Madrid CF, he won the Copa de España twice during the 1930s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Bru is the 1,235th most popular soccer player (down from 977th in 2019), the 958th most popular biography from Spain (down from 872nd in 2019) and the 101st most popular Spanish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Francisco Bru ranks 1,235 out of 21,273. Before him are Danilo Popivoda, Alen Bokšić, Paolo Di Canio, Bojan Krkić, Miguel Ángel Nadal, and Buakaw Banchamek. After him are John van 't Schip, Klaus Fichtel, Werner Liebrich, George Knobel, Milutin Šoškić, and Lippo Hertzka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Francisco Bru ranks 112. Before him are Alexander Shliapnikov, Josef Frank, Mineichi Koga, Anton Flettner, John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, and Henri Laurens. After him are Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Muslim Magomayev, Theodor Kaluza, Charles Dullin, and Wallace Beery. Among people deceased in 1962, Francisco Bru ranks 91. Before him are Ricardo Rodríguez, Diego Martínez Barrio, Indalecio Prieto, Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe, William Clothier, and Juan Belmonte. After him are Pedro Pablo Ramírez, Arthur Oncken Lovejoy, Mouloud Feraoun, Eugene Aynsley Goossens, Franz Konwitschny, and Franz Kline.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Bru ranks 958 out of 3,355. Before him are Baldomero Espartero (1793), Joseph Oller (1839), Ramón Gómez de la Serna (1888), Manolo Escobar (1931), Bojan Krkić (1990), and Miguel Ángel Nadal (1966). After him are Josep Maria Jujol (1879), Ibn 'Abd al-Barr (978), María Blanchard (1881), Antonio de Pereda (1611), Vicente Juan Masip (1505), and Lucía Sánchez Saornil (1895).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Spain

Among soccer players born in Spain, Francisco Bru ranks 101. Before him are Joan Capdevila (1978), Javier Urruticoechea (1952), Enrique Collar (1934), Álvaro Arbeloa (1983), Bojan Krkić (1990), and Miguel Ángel Nadal (1966). After him are Guillermo Gorostiza (1909), Iñaki Sáez (1943), Luis Arconada (1954), Mariano Martín (1919), José Antonio Reyes (1983), and José Manuel Pinto (1975).

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