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José Santamaría

1929 - Today

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José Emilio Santamaría Iglesias (born 31 July 1929) is a former football central defender and manager. He spent his 18-year career with Nacional and Real Madrid, winning 12 titles with the latter club including four European Cups. Born in Uruguay, Santamaría represented both the Uruguay and Spain national teams. He later embarked on a managerial career, which included a two-year spell with Spain. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Santamaría is the 498th most popular soccer player (down from 303rd in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Uruguay (down from 18th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Uruguayan Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, José Santamaría ranks 498 out of 21,273. Before him are Kazimierz Deyna, Michio Yasuda, Shigemi Ishii, Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório, Tomáš Rosický, and Claudio Caniggia. After him are Juninho Pernambucano, Hans Schäfer, Jan Ceulemans, Kiyoshi Tomizawa, Tadahiko Ueda, and Gianfranco Zola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, José Santamaría ranks 119. Before him are June Carter Cash, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, André Previn, Bob Newhart, Rajkumar, and Vasily Shukshin. After him are Hugo Claus, Lorenzo Buffon, Vera Miles, Georgi Markov, Antonio Carbajal, and Heiner Müller.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, José Santamaría ranks 22 out of 444. Before him are Enzo Francescoli (1961), Pedro Petrone (1905), Obdulio Varela (1917), Lucía Topolansky (1944), Julio María Sanguinetti (1936), and Natalia Oreiro (1977). After him are Mario Benedetti (1920), Jules Laforgue (1860), Alberto Suppici (1898), Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (1945), Juan María Bordaberry (1928), and Roque Máspoli (1917).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Uruguay

Among soccer players born in Uruguay, José Santamaría ranks 13. Before him are Héctor Castro (1904), Enrique Ballestrero (1905), Diego Forlán (1979), Enzo Francescoli (1961), Pedro Petrone (1905), and Obdulio Varela (1917). After him are Alberto Suppici (1898), Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (1945), Roque Máspoli (1917), Edinson Cavani (1987), Pedro Rocha (1942), and Pablo Dorado (1908).

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