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José Tapia

1905 - Today

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José Manuel Tapia Hernández (born 19 February 1905, date of death unknown) was a Cuban football coach who managed Cuba in the 1938 FIFA World Cup, where they were eliminated in the quarter finals by Sweden in what was, to date, Cuba's only appearance in a FIFA World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Tapia is the 2,313th most popular soccer player (up from 5,876th in 2019), the 105th most popular biography from Cuba (up from 155th in 2019) and the most popular Cuban Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, José Tapia ranks 2,313 out of 21,273Before him are Jorginho Putinatti, Friedel Lutz, Willy Caballero, Lorenzo Serra Ferrer, İlhan Mansız, and Alberto Chividini. After him are Alemão, Pita, Héctor Núñez, Imrich Stacho, Galimzyan Khusainov, and Anatoliy Demyanenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, José Tapia ranks 240Before him are Fred Alderman, Mischa Auer, Lev Atamanov, Floyd Gottfredson, Juan O'Gorman, and Vicente Trueba. After him are Hadiya Davletshina, Mikio Oda, Kunio Maekawa, Antonio Berni, Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, and Johannes Käbin.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, José Tapia ranks 105 out of 300Before him are Calixto García (1839), Aleida Guevara (1960), Luis Posada Carriles (1928), Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (1928), Mijaín López (1982), and Antonio Maceo Grajales (1845). After him are Desi Arnaz (1917), José María Heredia y Heredia (1803), Mariela Castro (1962), Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso (1861), Paquito D'Rivera (1948), and Carlos Mendieta (1873).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Cuba

Among soccer players born in Cuba, José Tapia ranks 1After him are Pedro Bergés (1906), Héctor Socorro (1912), Juan Tuñas (1917), José Antonio Rodríguez (1915), Jorge Romo (1923), José Magriñá (1917), Manuel Chorens (1916), Lester Moré (1978), and Onel Hernández (1993).