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Josef Masopust

1931 - 2015

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Josef Masopust (9 February 1931 – 29 June 2015) was a Czech football player and coach. He played as midfielder and was a key player for Czechoslovakia, helping them reach the 1962 FIFA World Cup Final. He was capped 63 times, scoring ten goals for his national team. He was named European Footballer of the Year in 1962. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Masopust is the 57th most popular soccer player (down from 45th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 50th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Czech Soccer Player.

Josef Masopust is most famous for being the captain of the Czechoslovakian National Team that won the 1962 FIFA World Cup.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Josef Masopust ranks 57 out of 21,273. Before him are Kim Kyong-il, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Kim Myong-gil, Pak Chol-jin, Filippo Inzaghi, and Takashi Kasahara. After him are Vavá, Djalma Santos, Roger Milla, Mario Kempes, David Beckham, and Oliver Kahn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Josef Masopust ranks 25. Before him are Anita Ekberg, Desmond Tutu, Thomas Bernhard, Monica Vitti, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, and Martinus J. G. Veltman. After him are Don King, Sofia Gubaidulina, Anatoly Dyatlov, Burton Richter, Annie Girardot, and Johannes Rau. Among people deceased in 2015, Josef Masopust ranks 25. Before him are Henning Mankell, Irwin Rose, Yves Chauvin, Richard von Weizsäcker, Laura Antonelli, and Dusty Rhodes. After him are Leonard Nimoy, Kenan Evren, Val Logsdon Fitch, Ulrich Beck, Khaled al-Asaad, and Yoichiro Nambu.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Masopust ranks 60 out of 1,200. Before him are Emil Hácha (1872), Adalbert of Prague (955), Antonín Panenka (1948), George of Poděbrady (1420), Milena Jesenská (1896), and Eugen Böhm von Bawerk (1851). After him are Carl Ferdinand Cori (1896), Anton Raphael Mengs (1728), Bonne of Luxembourg (1315), Karl Hermann Frank (1898), Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890), and Karl Renner (1870).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Czechia

Among soccer players born in Czechia, Josef Masopust ranks 2. Before him are Antonín Panenka (1948). After him are Pavel Nedvěd (1972), Matthias Sindelar (1903), Oldřich Nejedlý (1909), František Plánička (1904), Jan Koller (1973), Ivo Viktor (1942), Petr Čech (1982), Tomáš Rosický (1980), Antonín Puč (1907), and Sigfried Held (1942).

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