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Abel Ferreira

1978 - Today

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Abel Fernando Moreira Ferreira (born 22 December 1978), known simply as Abel as a player, is a Portuguese football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Brazilian club Palmeiras. As a right-back, he played 234 Primeira Liga matches over 11 seasons (three goals), with Vitória de Guimarães, Braga and Sporting CP. With Sporting, he won two Taça de Portugal and as many Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, in a 14-year professional career. Ferreira started working as a manager in 2013, being in charge of Sporting CP B, Braga B, Braga, PAOK and Palmeiras. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abel Ferreira has received more than 440,060 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Abel Ferreira is the 5,244th most popular soccer player (down from 3,827th in 2019), the 419th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 353rd in 2019) and the 86th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Abel Ferreiras by language

Over the past year Abel Ferreira has had the most page views in the with 754,090 views, followed by English (93,444), and Spanish (78,047). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Portuguese (421.81%), Malagasy (59.93%), and German (50.33%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Abel Ferreira ranks 5,244 out of 21,273. Before him are Juan Olivares, Éder, Mark Iuliano, José Vicente Sánchez, Idrissa Gueye, and Çağlar Söyüncü. After him are Armando Segato, Juan Carlos Unzué, Spartaco Landini, Alejandro Garnacho, Troels Rasmussen, and Lionel Charbonnier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Abel Ferreira ranks 219. Before him are Silvia Navarro, Helton Arruda, Michaela Conlin, Lilia Podkopayeva, Yukari Tamura, and Alena Šeredová. After him are Eric Moussambani, Mike Flanagan, Daniella Cicarelli, Pilar Rubio, Bonaventure Kalou, and Vanness Wu.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Abel Ferreira ranks 419 out of 633. Before him are Rafa Silva (1993), Tonicha (1946), Rui Costa (1986), Miguel Monteiro (1980), Eduardo Carvalho (1982), and George Grey (1812). After him are Gonçalo Ramos (2001), Hilário (1975), Custódio Pinto (1942), Maria Teresa Horta (1937), Cristina Branco (1972), and Silvestre Varela (1985).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, Abel Ferreira ranks 86. Before him are Rúben Neves (1997), Ricardo Pereira (1993), Ricardinho (1985), Rafa Silva (1993), Miguel Monteiro (1980), and Eduardo Carvalho (1982). After him are Gonçalo Ramos (2001), Hilário (1975), Custódio Pinto (1942), Silvestre Varela (1985), João Pereira (1984), and Sérgio Oliveira (1992).

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