Soccer Player

Abel Xavier

Portuguese football manager and former player

1972 - today

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His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Abel Xavier is the 1,286th most popular soccer player (up from 4,502nd in 2024), the 16th most popular biography from Mozambique (up from 30th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Mozambican Soccer Player.

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Abel Xavier climbed 29,983 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #65,068 to #35,133.

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Abel Xavier ranks #1,286 of 24,321 Soccer Players worldwide, placing them among the top 6% of the profession.

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Among Soccer Players

Among soccer players, Abel Xavier ranks 1,283 out of 24,321. Before him are Guido Masetti, Milovan Rajevac, Marcelino Martínez, Willi Schulz, Sami Hyypiä, and André Maschinot. After him are Jamie Vardy, Štefan Čambal, Raphaël Varane, Władysław Żmuda, Fernandinho, and Masuzo Madono.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Abel Xavier ranks 81. Before him are Joe Hill, Sarah Clarke, Billie Joe Armstrong, Asghar Farhadi, Carmen Electra, and Brian Tyler. After him are Omayra Sánchez, Alain Berset, Toto Wolff, Gabriel Macht, R-Truth, and The Great Khali.

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In Mozambique

Among people born in Mozambique, Abel Xavier ranks 16 out of 54. Before him are Mário Coluna (1935), Paulo Fonseca (1973), Júlio Duarte Langa (1927), Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho (1936), Eduardo Mondlane (1920), and Alexandre José Maria dos Santos (1924). After him are Luísa Diogo (1958), Carlos Agostinho do Rosário (1954), Mia Couto (1955), Mariza (1973), Ruy Guerra (1931), and Pascoal Mocumbi (1941).

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Among Soccer Players In Mozambique

Among soccer players born in Mozambique, Abel Xavier ranks 5. Before him are Eusébio (1942), Carlos Queiroz (1953), Mário Coluna (1935), and Paulo Fonseca (1973). After him are Costa Pereira (1929), Vicente Lucas (1935), Hilário (1939), Reinildo Mandava (1994), Armando Sá (1975), Simão Mate Junior (1988), and Jorge Cadete (1968).

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