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Leonel Sánchez

1936 - 2022

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Leonel Guillermo Sánchez Lineros (25 April 1936 – 2 April 2022) was a Chilean professional footballer who played as a striker or on the left wing. He is recognized as one of the Best South American Footballers of the 20th Century and one of the great forwards in the history of the FIFA World Cup. He was the top goalscorer of the 1962 FIFA World Cup where Chile achieved a historic third-place finish. He was also part of the team of the tournament of the World Cup and was awarded the Golden Boot and the Bronze Ball from FIFA. He was also included in the top 100 players of the history of the World Cups by FIFA. At the continental level he was part of the team of the tournament of the 1956 South American Championship, where Chile was the runner-up. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonel Sánchez is the 457th most popular soccer player (down from 332nd in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Chile (down from 22nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chilean Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Leonel Sánchez ranks 457 out of 21,273. Before him are Ally McCoist, Alain Giresse, Sepp Piontek, Santillana, Wim Jansen, and Dettmar Cramer. After him are Nobuyuki Oishi, Daniele Massaro, Charles W. Alcock, Carlos Tevez, Frank de Boer, and Thomas Tuchel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Leonel Sánchez ranks 100. Before him are Koji Sasaki, Joe D'Amato, Jill Ireland, Georgina Spelvin, Frank Stella, and Roy Emerson. After him are Julio María Sanguinetti, Carol Gilligan, Gianni Vattimo, Christine Nöstlinger, Richard E. Stearns, and Masashi Watanabe. Among people deceased in 2022, Leonel Sánchez ranks 93. Before him are Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, Ruggero Deodato, Boris Pahor, Scott Hall, Viktor Saneyev, and Wim Jansen. After him are Peter Bogdanovich, Saul Kripke, Michel Bouquet, Javier Marías, Toshiki Kaifu, and Patrick Tambay.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Leonel Sánchez ranks 25 out of 321. Before him are Iván Zamorano (1967), Pedro Pascal (1975), Ricardo Lagos (1938), Elías Figueroa (1946), Lautaro (1534), and Eduardo Frei Montalva (1911). After him are Francisco Varela (1946), Antonio Skármeta (1940), Jorge Alessandri (1896), Raúl Ruiz (1941), Nicanor Parra (1914), and Arturo Alessandri (1868).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Chile

Among soccer players born in Chile, Leonel Sánchez ranks 3. Before him are Iván Zamorano (1967), and Elías Figueroa (1946). After him are Arturo Vidal (1987), Marcelo Salas (1974), Alexis Sánchez (1988), Claudio Bravo (1983), Carlos Vidal (1902), Guillermo Subiabre (1903), Braulio Musso (1930), Víctor Morales (1905), and Casimiro Torres (1906).

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