SOCCER PLAYER

José Villegas

1934 - 2021

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José Gerardo "Jamaicón" Villegas Tavares (20 June 1934 – 24 December 2021) was a Mexican footballer who played as a defender. Villegas spent the majority of his professional career at Guadalajara. Together with Sabás Ponce, he holds the record for the most league titles won in Mexican football. On the international stage, Villegas represented Mexico at the FIFA World Cup in 1958 and 1962. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Villegas is the 6,231st most popular soccer player (down from 5,069th in 2019), the 424th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 376th in 2019) and the 81st most popular Mexican Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, José Villegas ranks 6,231 out of 21,273. Before him are Danny Boffin, Ardian Kozniku, Rudolf Kargus, Jimmy Murphy, Denis Suárez, and Nacer Chadli. After him are José Amavisca, Amir Ghalenoei, Toon Oprinsen, Radoslav Látal, Miroslav Mentel, and Mario Soto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, José Villegas ranks 542. Before him are Peter Schamoni, Christian Wolff, Robert Stigwood, Mary Carter Reitano, Alan Garner, and Ed Flanders. After him are Ivan Utrobin, Pratima Barua Pandey, Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Carl Levin, Alan Dundes, and Renée Richards. Among people deceased in 2021, José Villegas ranks 631. Before him are Chelato Uclés, Beverly Cleary, Mick Rock, Tuomo Ylipulli, Fofi Gennimata, and Serhiy Novikov. After him are Margreth Weivers, Graham McRae, Mikhail Zhelev, Juan Rodríguez Vega, Bernd Nickel, and Walter Smith.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, José Villegas ranks 424 out of 729. Before him are Lorena Rojas (1971), Pablo Larios (1960), Fermín IV (1974), Luis Pérez (1908), Horacio López Salgado (1948), and David Zepeda (1973). After him are José Horacio Gómez (1951), Raúl González (1952), Manuel Negrete Arias (1959), Arturo Vázquez (1949), Alberto García Aspe (1967), and Leonardo Cuéllar (1954).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Mexico

Among soccer players born in Mexico, José Villegas ranks 81. Before him are Carlos Gómez (1952), Jaime Gómez (1929), Ramiro Navarro (1943), Pablo Larios (1960), Luis Pérez (1908), and Horacio López Salgado (1948). After him are Manuel Negrete Arias (1959), Arturo Vázquez (1949), Alberto García Aspe (1967), Carlos Salcido (1980), Carlos Hermosillo (1964), and Fernando Quirarte (1956).

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