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Ángel Bossio

1905 - 1978

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Ángel Luis Bossio (5 May 1905 – 31 August 1978) was an Argentine football goalkeeper. He was called "La maravilla elástica" ("The elastic wonder") due to his agility. Bossio was a member of the Argentine team that took part of the 1928 Olympic games and won the silver medal. He also participated in the first ever World Cup in 1930, where Argentina again finished second behind Uruguay. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ángel Bossio is the 1,015th most popular soccer player (up from 1,083rd in 2019), the 172nd most popular biography from Argentina (up from 192nd in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Argentinean Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ángel Bossio ranks 1,015 out of 21,273Before him are Dondinho, Ion Andoni Goikoetxea, Viktor Ponedelnik, Daniel Bertoni, Mitsuo Kato, and Jack Charlton. After him are José Torres, Domingo Tejera, Serginho, Ronald de Boer, Ignacio Zoco, and Luis Cubilla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Ángel Bossio ranks 127Before him are Paul Ariste, Charles Lane, Gaston Eyskens, Maximilian Grabner, Martin Gottfried Weiss, and George Kelly. After him are Dmitri Shepilov, Hilde Holger, Joseph Bonanno, Tore Keller, Clarence Zener, and Hiroshi Inagaki. Among people deceased in 1978, Ángel Bossio ranks 98Before him are Josef Frings, Jacques Brugnon, Edmundo Suárez, Gunnar Nilsson, Tom Wilson, and Emilio Portes Gil. After him are Jacques Bergier, Max Mallowan, Joe Davis, Jens Otto Krag, George Maciunas, and Mstislav Keldysh.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Ángel Bossio ranks 172 out of 1,154Before him are Roberto Ayala (1973), Víctor Manuel Fernández (1962), Alfio Basile (1943), María Kodama (1937), Daniel Bertoni (1955), and Esther Vilar (1935). After him are Emilio Eduardo Massera (1925), Ángel Labruna (1918), Nicolás Avellaneda (1837), Humberto Maschio (1933), José Pékerman (1949), and Luis Artime (1938).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Argentina

Among soccer players born in Argentina, Ángel Bossio ranks 62Before him are Carlos Peucelle (1908), Emiliano Martínez (1992), Roberto Cherro (1907), Roberto Ayala (1973), Alfio Basile (1943), and Daniel Bertoni (1955). After him are Ángel Labruna (1918), Humberto Maschio (1933), José Pékerman (1949), Luis Artime (1938), José Della Torre (1906), and Mauro Camoranesi (1976).