SOCCER PLAYER

Giovanni Ferrari

1907 - 1982

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Giovanni Ferrari (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni ferˈraːri]; 6 December 1907 – 2 December 1982) was an Italian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder/inside forward on the left. He is regarded as one of the best players of his generation, having won Serie A 8 times, as well as two consecutive FIFA World Cup titles (in 1934 and 1938) with the Italy national football team. Along with Giuseppe Meazza and Eraldo Monzeglio, he is one of only three Italian players to have won two World Cups. A creative, advanced midfield playmaker, Ferrari was a strong, physically fit, hardworking, versatile, and well-rounded footballer, as well as being a generous team player. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Ferrari is the 408th most popular soccer player (down from 306th in 2019), the 1,469th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,440th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Italian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Giovanni Ferrari ranks 408 out of 21,273. Before him are Francis Lee, Fabien Barthez, Helmut Haller, Sakae Takahashi, Branko Zebec, and Ruud van Nistelrooy. After him are Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Gusztáv Sebes, Akira Matsunaga, Alf-Inge Håland, Telê Santana, and Michel Preud'homme.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Giovanni Ferrari ranks 76. Before him are Yoshiko Kawashima, Ramon Magsaysay, H. L. A. Hart, Horia Sima, Leonor Fini, and Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach. After him are Hans Martin Sutermeister, Daigoro Kondo, Albert Gore Sr., Pierre Mendès France, Fabian von Schlabrendorff, and John G. Trump. Among people deceased in 1982, Giovanni Ferrari ranks 67. Before him are Giovanni Benelli, Colin Chapman, Adolf Heusinger, Marty Feldman, Elis Regina, and Patrick Dewaere. After him are Percy Williams, Eduardo Frei Montalva, Bess Truman, Pierre Mendès France, Werner Naumann, and Pierre Balmain.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Ferrari ranks 1,469 out of 5,161. Before him are Paolo Ruffini (1765), Gaetano Bresci (1869), Tyrannius Rufinus (345), Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus (-600), Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (1869), and Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma (1889). After him are Drusus Caesar (7), Ippolito de' Medici (1511), Pier Angeli (1932), Giovanni Battista Amici (1786), Ruggero Deodato (1939), and Andrea Alciato (1492).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Giovanni Ferrari ranks 31. Before him are Angelo Schiavio (1905), Gianpiero Combi (1902), Gianluca Vialli (1964), Gian Piero Gasperini (1958), Gennaro Gattuso (1978), and Alessandro Costacurta (1966). After him are Valentino Mazzola (1919), Alessandro Nesta (1976), Marco Materazzi (1973), Daniele Massaro (1961), Gianfranco Zola (1966), and Roberto Boninsegna (1943).

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