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José Nasazzi

1901 - 1968

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José Nasazzi Yarza (24 March 1901 – 17 June 1968) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a right-back or centre-back. He captained his country when they won the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Nasazzi is the 122nd most popular soccer player (up from 126th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Uruguay (down from 5th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Uruguayan Soccer Player.

José Nasazzi is most famous for being a Uruguayan footballer. He was born in Montevideo, Uruguay and played for the club side, Nacional. He was the first player to score 100 goals in the Copa Libertadores.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, José Nasazzi ranks 122 out of 21,273. Before him are Kim Yong-sik, Lee Yoo-hyung, Tony Adams, Alcides Ghiggia, Mohamed Salah, and Kakuichi Mimura. After him are César Luis Menotti, Colin Bell, Dragan Džajić, Sandro Mazzola, José Altafini, and Andrés Escobar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, José Nasazzi ranks 52. Before him are Alfred Tarski, Jaroslav Seifert, Milton H. Erickson, Henri Lefebvre, Walter Hallstein, and Eisaku Satō. After him are Carl Barks, Nikolai Vatutin, Lee Strasberg, Louis Kahn, Luis Monti, and Pier Giorgio Frassati. Among people deceased in 1968, José Nasazzi ranks 26. Before him are Enid Blyton, Corneille Heymans, Salvatore Quasimodo, Jim Clark, Carl Theodor Dreyer, and Kees van Dongen. After him are Neal Cassady, Alexandre Kojève, Pitirim Sorokin, Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, Howard Florey, and Ivan Ribar.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, José Nasazzi ranks 8 out of 444. Before him are Tabaré Vázquez (1940), Comte de Lautréamont (1846), José Leandro Andrade (1901), Luis Suárez (1987), Eduardo Galeano (1940), and Alcides Ghiggia (1926). After him are Juan Alberto Schiaffino (1925), Héctor Scarone (1898), Óscar Tabárez (1947), José Gervasio Artigas (1764), Héctor Castro (1904), and Enrique Ballestrero (1905).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Uruguay

Among soccer players born in Uruguay, José Nasazzi ranks 4. Before him are José Leandro Andrade (1901), Luis Suárez (1987), and Alcides Ghiggia (1926). After him are 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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