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Abel Ferreira

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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. With the latter club, he won the Copa do Brasil in 2020, two successive Copa Libertadores in 2020 and 2021 and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 2022 and 2023. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Abel Ferreira is the 5,931st most popular soccer player (down from 5,243rd in 2024), the 437th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 420th in 2019) and the 101st most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Abel Ferreira ranks 5,931 out of 21,273. Before him are Raad Hammoudi, Sergio Omar Almirón, Patricio Hernández, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Ján Mucha, and Juan Simón. After him are Trevoh Chalobah, Teemu Pukki, Erwin Sánchez, Uwe Rösler, Yuji Oe, and Mohamed Kallon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Abel Ferreira ranks 273. Before him are Pavel Datsyuk, Samuel Sánchez, Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Silvia Navarro, Jaka Lakovič, and Takashi Sambonsuge. After him are Jun Fukuyama, Clayton Stanley, DJ Qualls, Danna García, Zabiullah Mujahid, and Chad Johnson.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Abel Ferreira ranks 437 out of 633. Before him are André Gomes (1993), Rui Jorge (1973), Rúben Neves (1997), Aure Atika (1970), Cristina Branco (1972), and Silvestre Varela (1985). After him are Beto (1976), Augusto Santos Silva (1956), Acácio da Silva (1961), Gonçalo Ramos (2001), Francisco Trincão (1999), and Nuno Valente (1974).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, Abel Ferreira ranks 101. Before him are José Fonte (1983), António Lima Pereira (1952), André Gomes (1993), Rui Jorge (1973), Rúben Neves (1997), and Silvestre Varela (1985). After him are Beto (1976), Gonçalo Ramos (2001), Francisco Trincão (1999), Nuno Valente (1974), João Neves (2004), and Jota (1999).

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