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John Toshack

1949 - Today

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John Benjamin Toshack (born 22 March 1949) is a Welsh former professional football player and manager. He began his playing career as a teenager with his hometown club Cardiff City, becoming the youngest player to make an appearance for the side when he made his debut in 1965. After establishing himself in the first-team, he went on to make over 200 appearances and scored 100 goals in all competitions after forming a striking partnership with Brian Clark. In 1970, he joined First Division side Liverpool, where he formed a noted forward partnership with Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway that helped the club to win two league titles, the European Cup, the UEFA Cup on two occasions, the FA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Toshack is the 507th most popular soccer player (down from 453rd in 2019), the 1,369th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,211th in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, John Toshack ranks 507 out of 21,273. Before him are Jan Ceulemans, Kiyoshi Tomizawa, Tadahiko Ueda, Gianfranco Zola, Roberto Boninsegna, and Valentin Ivanov. After him are Michihiro Ozawa, Jürgen Grabowski, Norio Yoshimizu, Yukio Shimomura, Lorenzo Buffon, and Alberto Suppici.

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Among people born in 1949, John Toshack ranks 121. Before him are Paloma Picasso, Michio Yasuda, Patrick Tambay, Victor Garber, Kgalema Motlanthe, and Blase J. Cupich. After him are Hamida Djandoubi, Jeremy Corbyn, Josephine Chaplin, Larry Holmes, Bo Xilai, and Michel Djotodia.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Toshack ranks 1,369 out of 8,785. Before him are Adam Sedgwick (1785), Samuel Wallis (1728), Thomas Lawrence (1769), Henry Royce (1863), Mary Leakey (1913), and Mark Strong (1963). After him are George Fox (1624), Glenn Tipton (1947), Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar (940), David Tomlinson (1917), Isabella Bird (1831), and John Christie (1899).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, John Toshack ranks 26. Before him are Peter Shilton (1949), Dave Mackay (1934), Francis Lee (1944), Ally McCoist (1962), Charles W. Alcock (1842), and Erling Braut Håland (2000). After him are Frank Lampard (1948), Duncan Edwards (1936), Jim Brown (1908), Bob Paisley (1919), Gareth Bale (1989), and Ryan Giggs (1973).

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