SOCCER PLAYER

Gheorghe Hagi

1965 - Today

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Gheorghe Hagi (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈɡe̯orɡe ˈhadʒʲ] ; born 5 February 1965) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, who is currently the owner of Liga I club Farul Constanța. Deployed as an attacking midfielder, Hagi was considered one of the best players in the world during the 1980s and '90s, and is regarded by many as the greatest Romanian footballer of all time. Fans of Turkish club Galatasaray, with whom Hagi ended his career, called him Comandante ("[The] Commander"), while he was known as Regele ("The King") to Romanian supporters. Nicknamed "The Maradona of the Carpathians", he was a creative advanced playmaker renowned for his dribbling, technique, vision, passing and shooting. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gheorghe Hagi is the 84th most popular soccer player (down from 67th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Romania (down from 30th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Romanian Soccer Player.

Gheorghe Hagi is most famous for being a Romanian football player who played for Steaua București, Real Madrid, Galatasaray, and the Romanian national team.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gheorghe Hagi ranks 84 out of 21,273. Before him are Rivaldo, Gianluigi Buffon, José Leandro Andrade, Gabriel Batistuta, Paul Breitner, and Bobby Moore. After him are Stanley Matthews, Raúl, Helenio Herrera, Guillermo Stábile, Yochanan Vollach, and Xavi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Gheorghe Hagi ranks 12. Before him are Hans-Dieter Flick, Petro Poroshenko, The Undertaker, Salman Khan, Scottie Pippen, and Tedros Adhanom. After him are Mads Mikkelsen, Brandon Lee, Krist Novoselic, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, Charlie Sheen, and Shawn Michaels.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Gheorghe Hagi ranks 39 out of 844. Before him are Álmos (820), Elie Wiesel (1928), Michael the Brave (1558), Dimitrie Cantemir (1673), Sergiu Celibidache (1912), and George Enescu (1881). After him are Iannis Xenakis (1922), Basarab I of Wallachia (1275), Jacob L. Moreno (1889), Ilie Năstase (1946), Traian Băsescu (1951), and Mihai Eminescu (1850).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Romania

Among soccer players born in Romania, Gheorghe Hagi ranks 2. Before him are Mircea Lucescu (1945). After him are Ștefan Kovács (1920), Anghel Iordănescu (1950), László Bölöni (1953), Adalbert Deșu (1909), Emerich Jenei (1937), Dudu Georgescu (1950), Nicolae Kovács (1911), Helmuth Duckadam (1959), Gheorghe Popescu (1967), and Cristian Chivu (1980).

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