1982 - Today
Adriano Leite Ribeiro (born February 17, 1982), commonly known simply as Adriano, is a Brazilian former professional footballer. He played as a striker and was known for his long range left footed strikes. 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"). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adriano has received more than 122,114 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Adriano is the 709th most popular soccer player (down from 428th in 2019), the 178th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 111th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Adriano ranks 709 out of 16,880. Before him are Santiago Cañizares, Orlando Peçanha, Pietro Rava, Andreas Möller, Eduard Streltsov, and Noritaka Hidaka. After him are Waldemar de Brito, Bruno Conti, Alf Ramsey, Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga, Yoshinobu Ishii, and Akira Nishino.
1969 - Present
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 703
1935 - 2010
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 704
1916 - 2006
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 705
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 706
1937 - 1990
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 707
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 708
1982 - Present
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 709
1913 - 1979
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 710
1955 - Present
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 711
1920 - 1999
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 712
1956 - Present
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 713
1939 - 2018
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 714
1955 - Present
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 715
Among people born in 1982, Adriano ranks 16. Before him are Víctor Valdés, Jessica Biel, Yelena Isinbayeva, Hyun Bin, Nick Vujicic, and Pepe Reina. After him are Son Ye-jin, Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, Eduardo Saverin, Mikel Arteta, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and Cobie Smulders.
1982 - Present
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 10
1982 - Present
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 11
1982 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 12
1982 - Present
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 13
1982 - Present
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 14
1982 - Present
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 15
1982 - Present
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 16
1982 - Present
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 17
1982 - Present
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 18
1982 - Present
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 19
1982 - Present
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 20
1982 - Present
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 21
1982 - Present
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 22
Among people born in Brazil, Adriano ranks 178 out of 2,067. Before him are Tarcísio Meira (1935), Venceslau Brás (1868), Toquinho (1946), Waldo Machado (1934), Orlando Peçanha (1935), and Lucélia Santos (1957). After him are Waldemar de Brito (1913), Tarsila do Amaral (1886), Zózimo (1932), Café Filho (1899), Diane, Duchess of Württemberg (1940), and Jorginho (1991).
1935 - 2021
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 172
1868 - 1966
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 173
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 174
1934 - 2019
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 175
1935 - 2010
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 176
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 177
1982 - Present
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 178
1913 - 1979
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 179
1886 - 1973
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 180
1932 - 1977
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 181
1899 - 1970
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 182
1940 - Present
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 183
1991 - Present
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 184
Among soccer players born in Brazil, Adriano ranks 72. Before him are Clodoaldo (1949), Diego Costa (1988), Giovane Élber (1972), Dino Sani (1932), Waldo Machado (1934), and Orlando Peçanha (1935). After him are Waldemar de Brito (1913), Zózimo (1932), Jorginho (1991), Aymoré Moreira (1912), Dirceu (1952), and Jorginho (1964).
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 66
1988 - Present
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 67
1972 - Present
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 68
1932 - Present
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 69
1934 - 2019
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 70
1935 - 2010
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 71
1982 - Present
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 72
1913 - 1979
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 73
1932 - 1977
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 74
1991 - Present
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 75
1912 - 1998
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 76
1952 - 1995
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 77
1964 - Present
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 78