The Most Famous

SOCCER PLAYERS from Mauritania

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This page contains a list of the greatest Mauritanian Soccer Players. The pantheon dataset contains 21,273 Soccer Players, 5 of which were born in Mauritania. This makes Mauritania the birth place of the 129th most number of Soccer Players behind Syria, and Burundi.

Top 5

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Mauritanian Soccer Players of all time. This list of famous Mauritanian Soccer Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Gerardo Miranda (b. 1956)

With an HPI of 48.75, Gerardo Miranda is the most famous Mauritanian Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.

Gerardo Miranda Concepción (born 16 November 1956), known simply as Gerardo, is a Spanish former footballer who played as a right-back.

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2. Dominique Da Sylva (b. 1989)

With an HPI of 39.60, Dominique Da Sylva is the 2nd most famous Mauritanian Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Dominique Da Sylva (born 16 August 1989) is a Mauritanian professional footballer who plays as a forward former the Mauritanian national team.

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3. Bessam (b. 1987)

With an HPI of 38.03, Bessam is the 3rd most famous Mauritanian Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Cheikh El Khalil Moulaye Ahmed (Arabic: شيخ مولاي أحمد; born 4 December 1987), more commonly known as Bessam, is a Mauritanian professional footballer who most recently played for FC Nouadhibou. He also plays for the Mauritania national team.

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4. Adama Ba (b. 1993)

With an HPI of 36.75, Adama Ba is the 4th most famous Mauritanian Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Adama Ba (Arabic: آدما با; born 27 August 1993) is a Mauritanian professional footballer who plays as a winger.

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5. Aly Abeid (b. 1997)

With an HPI of 32.45, Aly Abeid is the 5th most famous Mauritanian Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Yacoub Aly Abeid (Arabic: يعقوب علي اعبيد; born 11 December 1997) is a Mauritanian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga I club CFR Cluj and the Mauritania national team.

People

Pantheon has 5 people classified as Mauritanian soccer players born between 1956 and 1997. Of these 5, 5 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Mauritanian soccer players include Gerardo Miranda, Dominique Da Sylva, and Bessam. As of April 2024, 4 new Mauritanian soccer players have been added to Pantheon including Gerardo Miranda, Dominique Da Sylva, and Bessam.

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