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Michel Hidalgo

1933 - 2020

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Michel François Hidalgo (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl fʁɑ̃swa idalɡo]; 22 March 1933 – 26 March 2020) was a French professional footballer and manager. He was the head coach of the France national team from 1976 to 1984, with whom he won the UEFA Euro 1984 on home soil, also reaching the semi-finals of the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Hidalgo is the 624th most popular soccer player (down from 495th in 2019), the 2,003rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,911th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular French Soccer Player.

Michel Hidalgo is most famous for his role in the Mexican War of Independence. He was a general in the army, and led his forces to victory in many battles.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Michel Hidalgo ranks 624 out of 21,273. Before him are Juan Sebastián Verón, Tokutaro Ukon, Igor Netto, Philipp Lahm, Alisson, and Javier Clemente. After him are Yoshio Kikugawa, Preben Elkjær, Hidetoshi Nakata, Tofiq Bahramov, Víctor Valdés, and Werner Leimgruber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Michel Hidalgo ranks 131. Before him are Will Sampson, Wayne Shorter, György Konrád, Neale Fraser, Renato Salvatori, and Bata Živojinović. After him are Joachim Kroll, Sacha Distel, Joan Rivers, Joachim Meisner, Suchinda Kraprayoon, and Sandra Milo. Among people deceased in 2020, Michel Hidalgo ranks 133. Before him are Chadwick Boseman, John Horton Conway, Pascal Lissouba, Robert Trump, Peter Green, and Marian Jaworski. After him are Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Agne Simonsson, Genesis P-Orridge, Ilija Petković, Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, and Mesut Yılmaz.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Hidalgo ranks 2,003 out of 6,770. Before him are Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin (1699), Jean Chalgrin (1739), Henriette of Cleves (1542), Jean-Pierre Jabouille (1942), Théophile Delcassé (1852), and Étienne Balibar (1942). After him are Johann Hermann (1738), Maurice Blondel (1861), Étienne Méhul (1763), Carolus-Duran (1837), Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine (1428), and Nicole Fontaine (1942).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In France

Among soccer players born in France, Michel Hidalgo ranks 23. Before him are Raymond Domenech (1952), Henri Michel (1947), Nicolas Anelka (1979), Youri Djorkaeff (1968), Bixente Lizarazu (1969), and Henri Delaunay (1883). After him are Emmanuel Petit (1970), Robert Pires (1973), Paul Pogba (1993), Guy Roux (1938), Jean Djorkaeff (1939), and David Ginola (1967).

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