SOCCER PLAYER

António Simões

1943 - Today

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António Simões da Costa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔniu siˈmõjʃ]; born 14 December 1943), known as Simões, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a left winger. He spent 14 professional seasons with Benfica, playing 449 official games and scoring 72 goals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of António Simões has received more than 93,181 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). António Simões is the 1,225th most popular soccer player (up from 1,517th in 2019), the 240th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 263rd in 2019) and the 26th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 93k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of António Simões by language

Over the past year António Simões has had the most page views in the with 11,540 views, followed by Portuguese (11,004), and French (2,479). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Indonesian (151.14%), Southern Azerbaijani (53.74%), and Danish (34.18%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, António Simões ranks 1,225 out of 21,273. Before him are Tadao Horie, Roberto Rojas, Antônio Carlos Zago, Al-Saadi Gaddafi, Josef Hügi, and Luis Regueiro. After him are José Torres, Vinícius Júnior, Samir Nasri, Steve McManaman, Roger Hunt, and Péter Palotás.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, António Simões ranks 271. Before him are Jimmy Snuka, Roberto Micheletti, Jim Croce, Negasso Gidada, Laura Biagiotti, and Michel Ocelot. After him are Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia, Milan Nenadić, Leo Kinnunen, Ronnie Spector, Charles P. Thacker, and Robert Crumb.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, António Simões ranks 240 out of 633. Before him are Manuel Monteiro de Castro (1938), José Costa (1953), Vasco Gonçalves (1921), Miguel Torga (1907), André Villas-Boas (1977), and Jaime, Duke of Braganza (1483). After him are José Torres (1938), António de Andrade (1580), João Fernandes Lavrador (1453), Damião de Góis (1502), João César Monteiro (1939), and Vasco de Almeida e Costa (1932).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, António Simões ranks 26. Before him are Pauleta (1973), Humberto Coelho (1950), João Cancelo (1994), Manuel Bento (1948), Fernando Couto (1969), and José Costa (1953). After him are José Torres (1938), José Peseiro (1960), João Félix (1999), Fábio Coentrão (1988), Bruno Alves (1981), and Maniche (1977).

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