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Paulo Wanchope

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Paulo César Wanchope Watson (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpawlo wanˈtʃope]; born 31 July 1976), more commonly known as Paulo Wanchope, is a Costa Rican football coach and former professional footballer who is the manager of Deportivo Saprissa. As a player he was a striker who notably played in the Premier League for Derby County, West Ham United and Manchester City. He also had spells in La Liga and Major League Soccer for Málaga and Chicago Fire as well as Herediano, Al-Gharafa, Rosario Central and FC Tokyo. He was capped 73 times by Costa Rica, scoring 45 goals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paulo Wanchope is the 4,158th most popular soccer player (down from 3,354th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Costa Rica (down from 25th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Costa Rican Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Paulo Wanchope ranks 4,158 out of 21,273Before him are Sergio Gori, Quim, Aldo Poy, Mustapha Zitouni, Oleh Kuznetsov, and Claude Papi. After him are Alexandre Lopes, Paride Tumburus, Ivica Brzić, Carlos Roa, Hugo Hovenkamp, and Lazăr Sfera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Paulo Wanchope ranks 184Before him are Puma Swede, Jimmy Jump, Sarah Chalke, Cha Tae-hyun, Kelly Macdonald, and Naoki Makino. After him are Thierry Omeyer, Gilberto, Ro Khanna, Isha Koppikar, Takashi Imoto, and Angelos Basinas.

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In Costa Rica

Among people born in Costa Rica, Paulo Wanchope ranks 32 out of 134Before him are Roberto Gayón (1905), José María Figueres (1954), Juan Rafael Mora Porras (1814), León Cortés Castro (1882), Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich (1907), and Daniel Oduber Quirós (1921). After him are Bryan Ruiz (1985), Rolando Fonseca (1974), Hernán Medford (1968), Rónald Gómez (1975), Luis Gabelo Conejo (1960), and Christian Bolaños (1984).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Costa Rica

Among soccer players born in Costa Rica, Paulo Wanchope ranks 3Before him are Keylor Navas (1986), and Roberto Gayón (1905). After him are Bryan Ruiz (1985), Rolando Fonseca (1974), Hernán Medford (1968), Rónald Gómez (1975), Luis Gabelo Conejo (1960), Christian Bolaños (1984), Juan Cayasso (1961), Róger Flores (1959), and Joel Campbell (1992).