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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 (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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  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Abel Ferreira ranks 3,828 out of 16,880Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Abel Ferreira ranks 166Before 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.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Abel Ferreira ranks 354 out of 555Before 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).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, Abel Ferreira ranks 58Before 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).