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Obdulio Varela

1917 - 1996

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Obdulio Jacinto Muiños Varela (Spanish pronunciation: [oβˈðuljo βaˈɾela]; September 20, 1917 — August 2, 1996) was a Uruguayan football player. He was the captain of the Uruguay national team that won the 1950 World Cup after beating Brazil in the decisive final round match popularly known as the Maracanazo. He was nicknamed "El Negro Jefe" (The Black Chief) because of his dark skin and the influence he had on the pitch, especially during the unlikely victory over Brazil. He was of African, Spanish and Greek ancestry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Obdulio Varela is the 363rd most popular soccer player (down from 326th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Uruguay (up from 21st in 2019) and the 12th most popular Uruguayan Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Obdulio Varela ranks 363 out of 21,273. Before him are Hiroshi Kanazawa, Kenji Tochio, Osvaldo Ardiles, Haruo Arima, Shogo Kamo, and Guti. After him are Amancio Amaro, Patrick Vieira, Dave Mackay, Kiyoo Kanda, Yasuo Haruyama, and Ramón Díaz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Obdulio Varela ranks 73. Before him are Louis Zamperini, Manolete, Sidney Nolan, Dinu Lipatti, Maurice Duverger, and Masahiko Kimura. After him are Kamal Jumblatt, Asmahan, Carson McCullers, David McClelland, Urie Bronfenbrenner, and Susan Hayward. Among people deceased in 1996, Obdulio Varela ranks 59. Before him are František Plánička, Timothy Leary, Koichi Oita, Piet Hein, Georges Duby, and Victor Ambartsumian. After him are Pat Brown, Rafael Kubelík, Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Mieczysław Weinberg, Leonor Fini, and Walter M. Miller Jr..

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Obdulio Varela ranks 18 out of 444. Before him are José Gervasio Artigas (1764), Héctor Castro (1904), Enrique Ballestrero (1905), Diego Forlán (1979), Enzo Francescoli (1961), and Pedro Petrone (1905). After him are Lucía Topolansky (1944), Julio María Sanguinetti (1936), Natalia Oreiro (1977), José Santamaría (1929), Mario Benedetti (1920), and Jules Laforgue (1860).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Uruguay

Among soccer players born in Uruguay, Obdulio Varela ranks 12. Before him are Héctor Scarone (1898), Héctor Castro (1904), Enrique Ballestrero (1905), Diego Forlán (1979), Enzo Francescoli (1961), and Pedro Petrone (1905). After him are José Santamaría (1929), Alberto Suppici (1898), Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (1945), Roque Máspoli (1917), Edinson Cavani (1987), and Pedro Rocha (1942).

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