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Néstor Gonçalves

1936 - 2016

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Néstor Goncálvez Martinicorena (27 April 1936 – 29 December 2016) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a midfielder for Uruguay in the 1962 and 1966 FIFA World Cups. He mainly played for C.A. Peñarol and is considered to have been one of the best South American midfielders of the 1960s. Born in Cabellos, Artigas, Gonçalvez began his career playing football for Salto from 1953 to 1956. In 1957, he joined Peñarol, where he played until 1970. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Néstor Gonçalves is the 2,647th most popular soccer player (down from 2,604th in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from Uruguay (up from 143rd in 2019) and the 74th most popular Uruguayan Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Néstor Gonçalves ranks 2,647 out of 21,273. Before him are Gabriel Milito, Radivoje Ognjanović, Edinho, Fred Pentland, Renato Portaluppi, and Mehmed Baždarević. After him are Hisashi Kaneko, Jesús Castro, Tijani Babangida, Jimmy Ross, Humberto Tozzi, and Joël Bats.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Néstor Gonçalves ranks 357. Before him are Giora Feidman, Susana Duijm, Carl Icahn, Juan Santisteban, Nahum Stelmach, and David Suzuki. After him are Susan Kohner, Carol Morris, Abdelhamid Brahimi, Michał Heller, Ruth Buzzi, and Vladimir Bagirov. Among people deceased in 2016, Néstor Gonçalves ranks 322. Before him are Eliseo Prado, Georges Balandier, Merle Haggard, Ad-Diba, Pedro de Felipe, and Prince Buster. After him are Franco Faggi, Adrienne Corri, Anatoli Ilyin, Lasse Mårtenson, Carlo Monti, and Rudy Van Gelder.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Néstor Gonçalves ranks 132 out of 444. Before him are Tomás Villalba (1805), Pedro Arispe (1900), Juan Carlos Corazzo (1907), José Piendibene (1890), Juan Campisteguy (1859), and Antonio Campolo (1897). After him are Andrés Martínez Trueba (1884), Luis Batlle Berres (1897), Baltasar Brum (1883), Paolo Montero (1971), Rodolfo Pini (1926), and José Serrato (1868).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Uruguay

Among soccer players born in Uruguay, Néstor Gonçalves ranks 74. Before him are Ricardo Pavoni (1943), Rubén Sosa (1966), Pedro Arispe (1900), Juan Carlos Corazzo (1907), José Piendibene (1890), and Antonio Campolo (1897). After him are Paolo Montero (1971), Rodolfo Pini (1926), Héctor Vilches (1926), Ettore Puricelli (1916), Jorge Fossati (1952), and Martín Cáceres (1987).

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