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Giorgio Chinaglia

1947 - 2012

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Giorgio Chinaglia (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒordʒo kiˈnaʎʎa]; 24 January 1947 – 1 April 2012) was an Italian footballer who played as a striker. He grew up and played his early football in Cardiff, Wales, and began his career with Swansea Town in 1964. He later returned to Italy to play for Massese, Internapoli and S.S. Lazio in 1969. Chinaglia led Lazio to the club's first league championship in the 1973–74 season, during which he was also the league's leading scorer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giorgio Chinaglia is the 714th most popular soccer player (down from 558th in 2019), the 1,958th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,841st in 2019) and the 54th most popular Italian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Giorgio Chinaglia ranks 714 out of 21,273. Before him are Yoshiichi Watanabe, Geoff Hurst, Juan Román Riquelme, Imre Schlosser, Ali Dia, and Teruo Nimura. After him are Jean Djorkaeff, Thomas N'Kono, Pak Seung-zin, Herbert Kilpin, Jesús Navas, and Aymoré Moreira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Giorgio Chinaglia ranks 192. Before him are Marion Ramsey, Babita, Sandie Shaw, Zdeněk Zeman, Marcello Semeraro, and Luca Cordero di Montezemolo. After him are David Letterman, Oliver Dragojević, Christian Jacq, Bryan Brown, Aad de Mos, and Lois Chiles. Among people deceased in 2012, Giorgio Chinaglia ranks 112. Before him are Scott McKenzie, Maurice André, Dave Sexton, John Christopher, Tonino Guerra, and Omar Suleiman. After him are Paddy Roy Bates, Wilhelm Brasse, Charles Durning, Gitta Sereny, Alexis Weissenberg, and Dawoud Rajiha.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giorgio Chinaglia ranks 1,958 out of 5,161. Before him are Angelo Bagnasco (1943), Emilio Colombo (1920), Cecilia Bartoli (1966), John II, Marquis of Montferrat (1321), Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro (1853), and Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (1947). After him are Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana (1781), Carlo Sforza (1872), Lina Cavalieri (1874), Isa Miranda (1909), Salvatore Ferragamo (1898), and Gianfranco Ravasi (1942).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Giorgio Chinaglia ranks 54. Before him are Gianluca Pagliuca (1966), Giuseppe Baresi (1958), Gianluca Zambrotta (1977), Enrico Albertosi (1939), Fabio Cudicini (1935), and Mario Balotelli (1990). After him are Luca Toni (1977), Antonio Cabrini (1957), Thiago Alcântara (1991), Bruno Conti (1955), Roberto Bettega (1950), and Luigi Allemandi (1903).

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