SOCCER PLAYER

Steve Sumner

1955 - 2017

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Steven Paul Sumner (2 April 1955 – 8 February 2017) was an English-born, New Zealand footballer who played as a midfielder. He was captain of the national team during the country's first successful campaign to qualify for the World Cup, in 1982. He is also the first New Zealander to score in the World Cup, doing so in the 54th minute in New Zealand's 1982 opening game against Scotland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Steve Sumner is the 6,069th most popular soccer player (down from 5,763rd in 2024), the 5,601st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,390th in 2019) and the 349th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among soccer players, Steve Sumner ranks 6,069 out of 21,273. Before him are Raffaele Palladino, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Megumi Sakata, Oguchi Onyewu, Oliver Bozanic, and Marek Dziuba. After him are Iñaki Peña, Djamel Belmadi, Andrey Gustavo dos Santos, Leonid Slutsky, Elvir Baljić, and David Neres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Steve Sumner ranks 549. Before him are Élie Baup, Clare Higgins, Kevin DuBrow, Florența Mihai, Steve Ovett, and Marek Dziuba. After him are Gerd Müller, Paul Stoddart, Beto Almeida, Rosanne Cash, Linda Purl, and Miloš Hrstić. Among people deceased in 2017, Steve Sumner ranks 574. Before him are Carlos Gómez, Aleksandr Salnikov, Molly Peters, Lika Kavzharadze, Richard Wilbur, and Ricardo Vidal. After him are Simon Dickie, Howard Hodgkin, John B. Anderson, Boris Nikolov, Norman Johnson, and Robert Elsie.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Steve Sumner ranks 5,603 out of 8,785. Before him are Geraint Thomas (1986), Angus Wilson (1913), Warren Treadgold (1949), Regé-Jean Page (1988), Steve Ovett (1955), and Zadie Smith (1975). After him are Ian Watkins (1977), Alan Garner (1934), Rebecca Ferguson (1986), Dennis Poore (1916), Anna Friel (1976), and Viv Anderson (1956).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Steve Sumner ranks 349. Before him are Ted Burgin (1927), Neville Southall (1958), Justin Fashanu (1961), Charlie Buchan (1891), David Kelly (1965), and Don Howe (1935). After him are Viv Anderson (1956), Alex McLeish (1959), Andy Carroll (1989), Tammy Abraham (1997), Ron Staniforth (1924), and Alan Kelly Jr. (1968).

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