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Viv Anderson

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Vivian Alexander Anderson (born 29 July 1956) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He is best known for his ten-year stint with Nottingham Forest, with whom he won the First Division title in 1978, as well as the European Cup in 1979 and 1980. In 1978, he became the first black footballer to play for England's senior men's national team, and from 1980 to 1988, was selected in the England squad for four major tournaments. He also had a short-lived managerial career with Barnsley, before joining Middlesbrough as assistant manager to Bryan Robson, where he remained until 2001. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Viv Anderson is the 6,070th most popular soccer player (down from 5,216th in 2019), the 5,602nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,087th in 2019) and the 350th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Viv Anderson ranks 6,070 out of 21,273. Before him are Daisuke Matsushita, Fernando Gómez, Lasse Schöne, Kenta Suzuki, Magnus Hedman, and Mustapha El Biyaz. After him are James Kwesi Appiah, Stephen Kelly, Koichi Yokozeki, Predrag Đorđević, Shingo Shibata, and Viktor Pasulko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Viv Anderson ranks 554. Before him are Daniel Willems, Mike McCallum, Yodrak Salakjai, Tim Paterson, Georgi Bliznashki, and Hou Yu-ih. After him are Vera Zozulya, Patrick Leonard, Vasile Pușcașu, Kent Nilsson, Marian Woronin, and Marianne Thyssen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Viv Anderson ranks 5,604 out of 8,785. Before him are Zadie Smith (1975), Steve Sumner (1955), Alan Garner (1934), Rebecca Ferguson (1986), Dennis Poore (1916), and Anna Friel (1976). After him are Bryan Sykes (1947), Hamish Harding (1964), Susan Bassnett (1945), Stuart Pearce (1962), Henry De la Beche (1796), and Wendy Barrie (1912).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Viv Anderson ranks 350. Before him are Neville Southall (1958), Justin Fashanu (1961), Charlie Buchan (1891), David Kelly (1965), Don Howe (1935), and Steve Sumner (1955). After him are Alex McLeish (1959), Andy Carroll (1989), Tammy Abraham (1997), Ron Staniforth (1924), Alan Kelly Jr. (1968), and Billy Liddell (1922).

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