1978 - Today
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 (up from 15 in 2019). Abel Ferreira is the 3,828th most popular soccer player (up from 6,499th in 2019), the 354th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 384th in 2019) and the 58th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Abel Ferreira ranks 3,828 out of 16,880. Before him are Georges Carnus, Hao Haidong, Jorge Andrade, Abel Resino, Albert Celades, and Mikel Oyarzabal. After him are Raphael Tracey, Sead Kolašinac, Alfred Jermaniš, Pedro Benítez, Lee Woon-jae, and Daniel Sanabria.
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 3,822
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 3,823
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 3,824
1960 - Present
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 3,825
1975 - Present
HPI: 42.84
Rank: 3,826
1997 - Present
HPI: 42.84
Rank: 3,827
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 3,828
1904 - 1975
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 3,829
1993 - Present
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 3,830
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 3,831
1901 - 1974
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 3,832
1973 - Present
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 3,833
1977 - Present
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 3,834
Among people born in 1978, Abel Ferreira ranks 166. Before him are Harry Kewell, Pieter van den Hoogenband, Thomas Pesquet, Gerald Asamoah, Denis Menchov, and Jorge Andrade. After him are Gastón Gaudio, DJ Qualls, Silvia Navarro, Bebe, Jay Hernandez, and Maksim Shatskikh.
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.04
Rank: 160
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 161
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.93
Rank: 162
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 163
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.86
Rank: 164
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 165
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 166
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 167
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.79
Rank: 168
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.78
Rank: 169
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.78
Rank: 170
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 171
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.62
Rank: 172
Among people born in Portugal, Abel Ferreira ranks 354 out of 555. Before him are João Pinto (1961), Fernando Meira (1978), José Tolentino de Mendonça (1965), Fernando Pereira (1950), Ricardinho (1985), and Jorge Andrade (1978). After him are Carlos Carvalhal (1965), João de Deus Pinheiro (1945), José Fonte (1983), Nélson Semedo (1993), Rúben Dias (1997), and Ricardo Pereira (1993).
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 348
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.22
Rank: 349
1965 - Present
HPI: 43.06
Rank: 350
1950 - 1985
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 351
1985 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 352
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 353
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 354
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.81
Rank: 355
1945 - Present
HPI: 42.77
Rank: 356
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 357
1993 - Present
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 358
1997 - Present
HPI: 42.42
Rank: 359
1993 - Present
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 360
Among soccer players born in Portugal, Abel Ferreira ranks 58. Before him are Ricardo (1976), Domingos Paciência (1969), João Pinto (1961), Fernando Meira (1978), Ricardinho (1985), and Jorge Andrade (1978). After him are Carlos Carvalhal (1965), José Fonte (1983), Nélson Semedo (1993), Rúben Dias (1997), Ricardo Pereira (1993), and Rui Barros (1965).
1976 - Present
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 52
1969 - Present
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 53
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 54
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.22
Rank: 55
1985 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 56
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 57
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 58
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.81
Rank: 59
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 60
1993 - Present
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 61
1997 - Present
HPI: 42.42
Rank: 62
1993 - Present
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 63
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 64