SOCCER PLAYER

Ján Popluhár

1935 - 2011

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Ján Popluhár (12 September 1935 – 6 March 2011) was a Slovak footballer who primarily played as a sweeper for Slovak club ŠK Slovan Bratislava. At international level, he was also a member of the Czechoslovakia national team, playing in two World Cups (1958 and 1962). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ján Popluhár is the 558th most popular soccer player (up from 589th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 59th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Slovak Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ján Popluhár ranks 558 out of 21,273. Before him are Diego Costa, Ottmar Walter, Leopoldo Luque, Mitsuo Kamata, Alessandro Altobelli, and Nereo Rocco. After him are Jim Brown, Takeshi Natori, Carlos Bianchi, Estanislau Basora, Youri Djorkaeff, and Gyula Lóránt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Ján Popluhár ranks 94. Before him are Dinkha IV, Forough Farrokhzad, John Phillips, Charles Duke, Paula Rego, and Mary Berry. After him are John G. Avildsen, Yakov Sinai, Hillel Furstenberg, Masahito, Prince Hitachi, Robert Silverberg, and Thomas Keneally. Among people deceased in 2011, Ján Popluhár ranks 88. Before him are Richard Winters, Daniel Bell, Juan María Bordaberry, Walter Bonatti, Helen Frankenthaler, and Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy. After him are Sergei Bagapsh, Warren Christopher, Harold Garfinkel, Pinetop Perkins, Ange-Félix Patassé, and Danielle Mitterrand.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Ján Popluhár ranks 52 out of 418. Before him are Pál Maléter (1917), Lucia Popp (1939), Rudolf Vrba (1924), Iveta Radičová (1956), Vazul (1000), and Franz Schmidt (1874). After him are Peter Pellegrini (1975), Jan Kupecký (1667), Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria (1833), Alajos Szokolyi (1871), Matthew III Csák (1260), and Jozef Tomko (1924).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Slovakia

Among soccer players born in Slovakia, Ján Popluhár ranks 2. Before him are Ferdinand Daučík (1910). After him are Karol Dobiaš (1947), Adolf Scherer (1938), Anton Ondruš (1950), Jozef Vengloš (1936), Titus Buberník (1933), Andrej Kvašňák (1936), Ján Pivarník (1947), Marek Hamšík (1987), Štefan Čambal (1908), and Pavol Molnár (1936).

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