SOCCER PLAYER

Adriano

1982 - Today

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Adriano Leite Ribeiro (born 17 February 1982) is a Brazilian former professional footballer. Adriano had four prolific seasons in Italy with Italian clubs Parma and Inter Milan, being considered one of the best strikers in the world during this time and earning the nickname L'Imperatore ("the Emperor"). Adriano finished within the top 10 of the Ballon d'Or in 2004 and 2005 and was awarded the IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer of 2005 and was also a three-time winner of Bidone d'Oro award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adriano has received more than 139,223 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Adriano is the 676th most popular soccer player (up from 707th in 2019), the 158th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 177th in 2019) and the 69th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

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  • 62.21

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  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Adriano ranks 676 out of 21,273Before him are Imre Schlosser, Mario Mandžukić, Yukio Shimomura, Fernando Morientes, Aad de Mos, and László Budai. After him are Horst Hrubesch, Misao Tamai, Alfréd Schaffer, Louis Pilot, Attilio Demaría, and Horst-Dieter Höttges.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Adriano ranks 13Before him are Petr Čech, Víctor Valdés, Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, Kirsten Dunst, Yelena Isinbayeva, and Eddie Redmayne. After him are Thiago Motta, Mikel Arteta, Jessica Biel, Pepe Reina, Tuba Büyüküstün, and Michael Essien.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Adriano ranks 158 out of 2,236Before him are Félix Miélli Venerando (1937), Princess Januária of Brazil (1822), Oscar Schmidt (1958), Hércules Brito Ruas (1939), Vera Fischer (1951), and Tite (1961). After him are Maria Bethânia (1946), Waldemar de Brito (1913), Toquinho (1946), Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli (1910), Aymoré Moreira (1912), and Hélio Gracie (1913).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Adriano ranks 69Before him are Lúcio (1978), Carlos Kaiser (1963), Dondinho (1917), Félix Miélli Venerando (1937), Hércules Brito Ruas (1939), and Tite (1961). After him are Waldemar de Brito (1913), Aymoré Moreira (1912), Thiago Motta (1982), Jorginho (1964), Júlio César (1979), and Waldo Machado (1934).