SOCCER PLAYER

José Águas

1930 - 2000

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José Pinto de Carvalho Santos Águas (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ ˈaɣwɐʃ]; 9 November 1930 – 10 December 2000) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker. He enjoyed a lengthy professional spell with Benfica, never scoring less than 18 goals in 12 of his 13 first division seasons. A prolific goalscorer, Águas was nicknamed "Cabeça de Ouro" ("Golden Head") because of his header skills. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Águas is the 750th most popular soccer player (down from 706th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Angola and the 2nd most popular Angolan Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, José Águas ranks 750 out of 21,273. Before him are Tadao Onishi, Luca Toni, Antonio Cabrini, Mihály Lantos, Kazuhisa Kono, and Paul Scholes. After him are Hugo Sotil, Enrique Guaita, Ivan Rakitić, Eric Abidal, Pirri, and Jenő Buzánszky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, José Águas ranks 154. Before him are Rudolf E. Kálmán, John Barth, Paul Poupard, Carolyn Jones, Yves Rocher, and Ahmed Zaki Yamani. After him are Omara Portuondo, Marshall Sahlins, Georgiy Daneliya, Kinji Fukasaku, Anatoly Lukyanov, and Thomas Williams. Among people deceased in 2000, José Águas ranks 84. Before him are Fulcanelli, Libertad Lamarque, Franck Pourcel, Baden Powell, Teruki Miyamoto, and Phạm Văn Đồng. After him are Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Ahmet Kaya, Yehuda Amichai, Nikolaos Andriakopoulos, Pierre Plantard, and Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia.

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In Angola

Among people born in Angola, José Águas ranks 8 out of 67. Before him are João Lourenço (1954), Agostinho Neto (1922), Jonas Savimbi (1934), Afonso I of Kongo (1456), Alexandre do Nascimento (1925), and Fernando Peyroteo (1918). After him are Holden Roberto (1923), Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (1950), Lúcio Lara (1929), José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo (1917), Rui Jordão (1952), and Mário Pinto de Andrade (1928).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Angola

Among soccer players born in Angola, José Águas ranks 2. Before him are Fernando Peyroteo (1918). After him are Rui Jordão (1952), José Morais (1965), Eduardo Camavinga (2002), João Ricardo (1970), Oliveira Gonçalves (1960), Jorge Mendonça (1938), Akwá (1977), William Carvalho (1992), Flávio Amado (1979), and Pedro Emanuel (1975).

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