SOCCER PLAYER

Hugo Sotil

1949 - 2024

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Hugo Alejandro Sotil Yerén (18 May 1949 – 30 December 2024) was a Peruvian professional footballer. Nicknamed El Cholo, he played as a striker or midfielder. Together with Teófilo Cubillas and Héctor Chumpitaz, he was one of Peru's most recognized football players of the 1970s. He also was a popular player in Peru, and a biopic on his life was released in that decade. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugo Sotil is the 751st most popular soccer player (up from 2,587th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Peru (up from 91st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Peruvian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Hugo Sotil ranks 751 out of 21,273. Before him are Luca Toni, Antonio Cabrini, Mihály Lantos, Kazuhisa Kono, Paul Scholes, and José Águas. After him are Enrique Guaita, Ivan Rakitić, Eric Abidal, Pirri, Jenő Buzánszky, and Pahiño.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Hugo Sotil ranks 168. Before him are Ric Flair, Irina Rodnina, Gregg Popovich, Niels Arestrup, Kriengsak Kovitvanit, and Brad Davis. After him are Nebojša Radmanović, Tommy Ramone, Christopher Hitchens, Manuel Orantes, Hiroji Imamura, and Georges Leekens. Among people deceased in 2024, Hugo Sotil ranks 149. Before him are Teri Garr, Niels Arestrup, John Barth, Yael Dayan, Ira von Fürstenberg, and Jim Abrahams. After him are Sid Eudy, Péter Eötvös, Thomas E. Kurtz, Fritz Wepper, Cheng Pei-pei, and Micheline Presle.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Hugo Sotil ranks 43 out of 287. Before him are Lloque Yupanqui (1260), Yawar Waqaq (1380), José Carlos Mariátegui (1894), Cápac Yupanqui (1320), Juliane Koepcke (1954), and Titu Cusi (1535). After him are Ollanta Humala (1962), Valentín Paniagua (1936), Francisco Sagasti (1944), Fernando Fernán Gómez (1921), Claudio Pizarro (1978), and Manuel A. Odría (1896).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Peru

Among soccer players born in Peru, Hugo Sotil ranks 2. Before him are Teófilo Cubillas (1949). After him are Claudio Pizarro (1978), Teodoro Fernández (1913), Héctor Chumpitaz (1943), Plácido Galindo (1906), Alberto Gallardo (1940), Mario de las Casas (1905), Víctor Benítez (1935), Jefferson Farfán (1984), Luis de Souza Ferreira (1908), and Orlando de la Torre (1943).

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