SOCCER PLAYER

Larbi Benbarek

1914 - 1992

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Larbi Benbarek; also Ben Barek or Ben M'barek, Arabic: العربي بن مبارك; 16 June 1917 – 16 September 1992) was a Moroccan football player. He represented the France national football team 17 times. He earned the sobriquet of "Black Pearl" and is considered one of the greatest football players of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Larbi Benbarek is the 514th most popular soccer player (down from 360th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Morocco (down from 31st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Moroccan Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Larbi Benbarek ranks 514 out of 21,273. Before him are Michihiro Ozawa, Jürgen Grabowski, Norio Yoshimizu, Yukio Shimomura, Lorenzo Buffon, and Alberto Suppici. After him are Frank Lampard, Jesús María Pereda, Artur Jorge, Seiki Ichihara, Masafumi Hara, and Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Larbi Benbarek ranks 81. Before him are Yakov Zeldovich, Mario Bava, Martin Gardner, Kurt Franz, Gyula Cseszneky, and Shapour Bakhtiar. After him are Asger Jorn, Taizo Kawamoto, Woody Strode, Edmund Conen, Achille Compagnoni, and David Goodall. Among people deceased in 1992, Larbi Benbarek ranks 62. Before him are Denholm Elliott, Arletty, John Sturges, Nikolay Bogolyubov, Rihei Sano, and Judith Anderson. After him are Abbas al-Musawi, Rafael Orozco Maestre, Georges Delerue, Banine, Amjad Khan, and Albert Pierrepoint.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Larbi Benbarek ranks 32 out of 264. Before him are Frida Boccara (1940), Anne-Marie David (1952), Al-Rashid of Morocco (1631), Daniel Pennac (1944), Yusuf II, Almohad caliph (1197), and Dominique de Villepin (1953). After him are Aziz Akhannouch (1961), Mehdi Ben Barka (1920), Abd al-Hafid of Morocco (1875), Sayyida al Hurra (1485), Ahmad al-Badawi (1199), and Mohamed Choukri (1935).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Morocco

Among soccer players born in Morocco, Larbi Benbarek ranks 2. Before him are Just Fontaine (1933). After him are Ahmed Faras (1946), Ezzaki Badou (1959), Mustapha Hadji (1971), Noureddine Naybet (1970), Abdelmajid Dolmy (1953), Mohammed Hazzaz (1945), Houmane Jarir (1944), Abdallah Lamrani (1946), Driss Bamous (1942), and Abdeljalil Hadda (1972).

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