SOCCER PLAYER

José Torres

1938 - 2010

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José Augusto Costa Sénica Torres (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ ˈtoʁɨʃ]; 8 September 1938 – 3 September 2010), nicknamed "O Bom Gigante" ("The Kind Giant"), was a Portuguese football centre-forward and coach. Most of his 21-year senior career was spent at Benfica, with great individual and team success (13 major titles). With the Portugal national team, he participated in two World Cups separated by 20 years, one as player and the other as manager. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Torres is the 1,016th most popular soccer player (up from 1,225th in 2019), the 212th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 241st in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, José Torres ranks 1,016 out of 21,273. Before him are Ion Andoni Goikoetxea, Viktor Ponedelnik, Daniel Bertoni, Mitsuo Kato, Jack Charlton, and Ángel Bossio. After him are Domingo Tejera, Serginho, Ronald de Boer, Ignacio Zoco, Luis Cubilla, and Yuji Kishioku.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, José Torres ranks 199. Before him are Shi Pei Pu, Maxim Shostakovich, Ove Andersson, Ian St John, Jonathan Motzfeldt, and Grethe Ingmann. After him are Myroslav Skoryk, Evel Knievel, Daniel Buren, Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama, Philippe Nahon, and Isao Inokuma. Among people deceased in 2010, José Torres ranks 124. Before him are Girija Prasad Koirala, Alain Corneau, Jonathan Motzfeldt, Steingrímur Hermannsson, Luigi Poggi, and Fud Leclerc. After him are Rasim Delić, Emilio Eduardo Massera, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Albert Ghiorso, Howard Zinn, and Cécile Aubry.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, José Torres ranks 212 out of 633. Before him are Francisco de Sá Carneiro (1934), Duarte Pacheco Pereira (1460), Paulo Bento (1969), António Vieira (1608), António de Andrade (1580), and Zeca Afonso (1929). After him are Peter, Constable of Portugal (1429), Tristão Vaz Teixeira (1395), Camilo Castelo Branco (1825), José Policarpo (1936), Amadeo de Souza Cardoso (1887), and Theresa of Portugal, Countess of Flanders (1157).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, José Torres ranks 22. Before him are Félix Mourinho (1938), Vítor Pereira (1968), Ricardo Carvalho (1978), José Carlos (1941), Simão Sabrosa (1979), and Paulo Bento (1969). After him are Pauleta (1973), Nuno Gomes (1976), Manuel Bento (1948), José Costa (1953), Fernando Couto (1969), and Humberto Coelho (1950).

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