SOCCER PLAYER

José Leandro Andrade

1901 - 1957

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José Leandro Andrade Quiroz (22 November 1901 – 5 October 1957) was a Uruguayan professional footballer who played as a wing-half. He was nicknamed "the Black Marvel" (maravilla negra). During his prime he was regarded as one of the finest players in the world, contributing to the Uruguay national team's domination of international football during the 1920s, winning two consecutive Olympic gold medals and then the inaugural FIFA World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Leandro Andrade is the 80th most popular soccer player (up from 145th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Uruguay (up from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Uruguayan Soccer Player.

José Leandro Andrade is most famous for his work as a Mexican artist and muralist. He was born in 1887 in Guanajuato, Mexico and died in 1952. He is most famous for his murals in the National Palace of Mexico and the National Museum of Anthropology.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, José Leandro Andrade ranks 80 out of 21,273. Before him are Arthur Friedenreich, Fritz Walter, Franco Baresi, George Weah, Rivaldo, and Gianluigi Buffon. After him are Gabriel Batistuta, Paul Breitner, Bobby Moore, Gheorghe Hagi, Stanley Matthews, and Raúl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, José Leandro Andrade ranks 43. Before him are Henning von Tresckow, Salvatore Quasimodo, Margaret Mead, Andrey Vlasov, Robert Bresson, and Arthur Liebehenschel. After him are Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Jascha Heifetz, Alfred Tarski, Jaroslav Seifert, Milton H. Erickson, and Henri Lefebvre. Among people deceased in 1957, José Leandro Andrade ranks 25. Before him are Heinrich Otto Wieland, Henry van de Velde, Gabriela Mistral, Irving Langmuir, Alfred Döblin, and Heinrich Hoffmann. After him are Curzio Malaparte, Jože Plečnik, Richard E. Byrd, Joseph McCarthy, Alfonso de Portago, and Maurice Garin.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, José Leandro Andrade ranks 4 out of 444. Before him are José Mujica (1935), Tabaré Vázquez (1940), and Comte de Lautréamont (1846). After him are Luis Suárez (1987), Eduardo Galeano (1940), Alcides Ghiggia (1926), José Nasazzi (1901), Juan Alberto Schiaffino (1925), Héctor Scarone (1898), Óscar Tabárez (1947), and José Gervasio Artigas (1764).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Uruguay

Among soccer players born in Uruguay, José Leandro Andrade ranks 1. After him are Luis Suárez (1987), Alcides Ghiggia (1926), José Nasazzi (1901), Juan Alberto Schiaffino (1925), Héctor Scarone (1898), Héctor Castro (1904), Enrique Ballestrero (1905), Diego Forlán (1979), Enzo Francescoli (1961), Pedro Petrone (1905), and Obdulio Varela (1917).

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