SOCCER PLAYER

Luis Vargas Peña

1905 - 1994

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Luis Vargas Peña (1905 in Asunción–1994) was one of the greatest Paraguayan footballers (wingers) before the Second World War.[1] He was the first Paraguayan to score a goal for the Paraguay national football team in a FIFA World Cup, accomplishing that in a match valid for the group stage of the 1930 FIFA World Cup against Belgium, played on 20 July. Vargas Peña also had the honour of being the first captain for Paraguay in a World Cup.[2] During most of his career he played for the club Olimpia Asunción. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luis Vargas Peña is the 2,692nd most popular soccer player (down from 2,085th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Paraguay (down from 30th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Paraguayan Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Luis Vargas Peña ranks 2,692 out of 21,273. Before him are Davide Astori, Milan Jovanović, Bruno Pezzey, Charles William Miller, Paolo Montero, and Dani Güiza. After him are Fausto dos Santos, Mario David, Aldo Ballarin, Martin Škrtel, Rodolfo Pini, and Rodolfo Volk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Luis Vargas Peña ranks 257. Before him are Lilí Álvarez, Vera Panova, Franchot Tone, Ricardo Pérez Godoy, René Lemoine, and Leopold Hofmann. After him are Fausto dos Santos, Hendrik Wade Bode, Theodor Blank, J. William Fulbright, Albert W. Tucker, and Leila Hyams. Among people deceased in 1994, Luis Vargas Peña ranks 230. Before him are Rudolf Raftl, Nikolai Kryuchkov, Ladislav Mňačko, Gozo Shioda, Devika Rani, and Bruno Pezzey. After him are Abdullah al-Sallal, Vicente Enrique y Tarancón, Charlotte Auerbach, David Dunlap, Enrico Maria Salerno, and William Wilson Morgan.

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In Paraguay

Among people born in Paraguay, Luis Vargas Peña ranks 39 out of 203. Before him are Ángel Berni (1931), Cándido Bareiro (1833), Higinio Morínigo (1897), Juan Bautista Gill (1840), Salvador Jovellanos (1833), and Higinio Uriarte (1843). After him are Emilio Aceval (1853), Patricio Escobar (1843), Carlos Gamarra (1971), Juan Carlos Villamayor (1969), Pedro Benítez (1901), and Tomás Romero Pereira (1886).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Paraguay

Among soccer players born in Paraguay, Luis Vargas Peña ranks 12. Before him are Eulogio Martínez (1935), Cayetano Ré (1938), Heriberto Herrera (1926), Aurelio González (1905), Delfín Benítez Cáceres (1910), and Ángel Berni (1931). After him are Carlos Gamarra (1971), Juan Carlos Villamayor (1969), Pedro Benítez (1901), Óscar Cardozo (1983), Francisco Arce (1971), and Casiano Delvalle (1970).

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