SOCCER PLAYER

Helmuth Duckadam

1959 - 2024

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Helmut Duckadam (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈhelmut dukaˈdam], sometimes spelled Helmuth; 1 April 1959 – 2 December 2024) was a Romanian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Duckadam was dubbed "the Hero of Seville" due to his performance in the 1986 European Cup final, won by his club Steaua București, where he saved all four penalties against Barcelona in the penalty shootout, for the first time in football history. He represented four other teams in a 12-year senior career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helmuth Duckadam is the 829th most popular soccer player (up from 1,103rd in 2019), the 151st most popular biography from Romania (up from 193rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Romanian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Helmuth Duckadam ranks 829 out of 21,273. Before him are Enzo Scifo, Gonzalo Higuaín, Nicolae Kovács, Shusaku Hirasawa, Roberto Di Matteo, and Li Dong-woon. After him are Ivan Perišić, Dieter Müller, Majed Abdullah, Tomislav Crnković, Félix Miélli Venerando, and Tommy Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Helmuth Duckadam ranks 110. Before him are Michael P. Anderson, Richie Sambora, Paul McGrath, Thomas F. Wilson, Stephen Harper, and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. After him are Majed Abdullah, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Patricia Clarkson, László Kövér, Irene Cara, and Thomas Ravelli. Among people deceased in 2024, Helmuth Duckadam ranks 156. Before him are Sid Eudy, Péter Eötvös, Thomas E. Kurtz, Fritz Wepper, Cheng Pei-pei, and Micheline Presle. After him are Jan Assmann, Toby Keith, Bill Cobbs, Mohamed Osman Jawari, Bill Viola, and Robert Badinter.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Helmuth Duckadam ranks 151 out of 844. Before him are Mircea Cărtărescu (1956), Adrian Năstase (1950), Vasile Milea (1927), Dudu Georgescu (1950), Michael II Apafi (1676), and Nicolae Kovács (1911). After him are Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu (1916), Marcel Ciolacu (1967), Sergiu Nicolaescu (1930), Vladislav I of Wallachia (1325), Victor Stănculescu (1928), and Stephen Pongracz (1582).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Romania

Among soccer players born in Romania, Helmuth Duckadam ranks 10. Before him are Anghel Iordănescu (1950), László Bölöni (1953), Adalbert Deșu (1909), Emerich Jenei (1937), Dudu Georgescu (1950), and Nicolae Kovács (1911). After him are Gheorghe Popescu (1967), Cristian Chivu (1980), Adrian Mutu (1979), Josef Posipal (1927), Ștefan Barbu (1908), and Miodrag Belodedici (1964).

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