1985 - Today
Luis Antonio Valencia Mosquera, known as Antonio Valencia (Spanish pronunciation: [anˈtonjo βaˈlensja]; born 4 August 1985), is an Ecuadorian former professional footballer who played primarily as a right-sided player throughout his career, initially as a right winger, before developing into a right-back. He is regarded as one of the best Ecuadorian footballers of all time. After progressing through the youth system at El Nacional, Valencia became a first team regular and made over 80 appearances for the club. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antonio Valencia has received more than 3,938,790 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Antonio Valencia is the 1,699th most popular soccer player (up from 1,902nd in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Ecuador (down from 21st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ecuadorean Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Antonio Valencia ranks 1,699 out of 16,880. Before him are Atsuyoshi Furuta, Frenkie de Jong, Nihat Kahveci, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, Abel Balbo, and Norberto Alonso. After him are Salomon Kalou, Nils Axelsson, Afonsinho, Ferenc Sas, Karl-Erik Palmér, and Kees Rijvers.
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 1,693
1997 - Present
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 1,694
1979 - Present
HPI: 48.66
Rank: 1,695
1979 - Present
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 1,696
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 1,697
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 1,698
1985 - Present
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 1,699
1985 - Present
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 1,700
1906 - 1989
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 1,701
1914 - 1997
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 1,702
1915 - 1988
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 1,703
1929 - 2015
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 1,704
1926 - Present
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 1,705
Among people born in 1985, Antonio Valencia ranks 37. Before him are Anna Kendrick, Jesús Navas, Thomas Vermaelen, Jakub Błaszczykowski, Emily Kinney, and André-Pierre Gignac. After him are Salomon Kalou, Diego, Kaley Cuoco, Fernandinho, Chris Froome, and Juanfran.
1985 - Present
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 31
1985 - Present
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 32
1985 - Present
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 33
1985 - Present
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 34
1985 - Present
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 35
1985 - Present
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 36
1985 - Present
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 37
1985 - Present
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 38
1985 - Present
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 39
1985 - Present
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 40
1985 - Present
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 41
1985 - Present
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 42
1985 - Present
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 43
Among people born in Ecuador, Antonio Valencia ranks 22 out of 126. Before him are Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (1934), Mariana de Jesús de Paredes (1618), Gustavo Noboa (1937), Jaime Roldós Aguilera (1940), León Febres Cordero (1931), and José Joaquín de Olmedo (1780). After him are Juan Montalvo (1832), Vicente Rocafuerte (1783), Jamil Mahuad (1949), Abdalá Bucaram (1952), Eugenio Espejo (1747), and Andrés Gómez (1960).
1934 - 2020
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 16
1618 - 1645
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 17
1937 - 2021
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 18
1940 - 1981
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 19
1931 - 2008
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 20
1780 - 1847
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 21
1985 - Present
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 22
1832 - 1889
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 23
1783 - 1847
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 24
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 25
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 26
1747 - 1795
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 27
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 28
Among soccer players born in Ecuador, Antonio Valencia ranks 2. Before him are Alberto Spencer (1937). After him are Enner Valencia (1989), Felipe Caicedo (1988), Agustín Delgado (1974), Iván Hurtado (1974), Carlos Tenorio (1979), Álex Aguinaga (1968), Iván Kaviedes (1977), Christian Noboa (1985), Ulises de la Cruz (1974), and Édison Méndez (1979).
1937 - 2006
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 1
1985 - Present
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 2
1989 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 3
1988 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 4
1974 - Present
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 5
1974 - Present
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 6
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.53
Rank: 7
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.43
Rank: 8
1977 - Present
HPI: 38.01
Rank: 9
1985 - Present
HPI: 37.33
Rank: 10
1974 - Present
HPI: 37.27
Rank: 11
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.10
Rank: 12