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Oreste Corbatta

1936 - 1991

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Oreste Osmar Corbatta Fernández (11 March 1936 – 5 December 1991) was an Argentine footballer who played as right winger. Corbatta is regarded as the greatest idol in the history of Racing Club. Dubbed Arlequín and El dueño de la raya (The chairman of the sideline), he played for five clubs in his country –six in total– mainly Racing Club and Boca Juniors, winning four major titles and scoring 86 official goals with both teams combined. An accomplished penalty kick taker and widely regarded as the best Argentine right winger of all time, Corbatta earned more than 40 caps for the national side in the 50s/60s, and represented the country at the 1958 World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oreste Corbatta is the 4,417th most popular soccer player (down from 2,056th in 2019), the 548th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 326th in 2019) and the 259th most popular Argentinean Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Oreste Corbatta ranks 4,417 out of 21,273Before him are Enrique Wolff, Antonio Adán, Shkodran Mustafi, Bebé, Manuel Muñoz, and Luis Rubiales. After him are Dwight Lodeweges, Fredy Guarín, Gregory van der Wiel, Georgios Samaras, Ramón Abeledo, and Filip De Wilde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Oreste Corbatta ranks 479Before him are Ihor Turchyn, Claudio Barrientos, Robert A. Parker, Hannu Salama, Carl Kaufmann, and Lawrence Gordon. After him are Hans Grodotzki, Rubén Héctor Sosa, Ismail Merchant, Marino Klinger, Ferenc Németh, and Gavriil Popov. Among people deceased in 1991, Oreste Corbatta ranks 227Before him are Fritz Riess, Ken Curtis, Florence B. Seibert, Cliff Bastin, Alden Sanborn, and Henri Louveau. After him are Stan Mortensen, John Russell, Pat O'Callaghan, Forrest Towns, Steve Clark, and Gordon Pirie.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Oreste Corbatta ranks 548 out of 1,154Before him are Jorge Carrascosa (1948), Jorge Griffa (1935), Alberto Demiddi (1944), Manuel Gondra (1871), Mario Chaldú (1942), and Enrique Wolff (1949). After him are Ramón Abeledo (1937), Héctor Freschi (1911), Juan Carlos Sarnari (1942), Pablo Zabaleta (1985), Oscar Rossi (1930), and Ernesto Albarracín (1907).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Argentina

Among soccer players born in Argentina, Oreste Corbatta ranks 259Before him are Alberto Zozaya (1908), Gustavo Dezotti (1964), Jorge Carrascosa (1948), Jorge Griffa (1935), Mario Chaldú (1942), and Enrique Wolff (1949). After him are Ramón Abeledo (1937), Héctor Freschi (1911), Juan Carlos Sarnari (1942), Pablo Zabaleta (1985), Oscar Rossi (1930), and Ernesto Albarracín (1907).