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Artur Soares Dias

1979 - Today

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Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias (born 14 July 1979) is a former Portuguese football referee who was a listed international referee for FIFA and UEFA from 2010 to 2024. After having accompanied his countryman Olegário Benquerença in several UEFA Champions League as additional assistant referee, Soares Dias refereed matches at 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Artur Soares Dias has received more than 107,486 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Artur Soares Dias is the 103rd most popular referee (down from 99th in 2019), the 496th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 450th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Portuguese Referee.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among REFEREES

Among referees, Artur Soares Dias ranks 103 out of 147. Before him are Fernando Rapallini, Janny Sikazwe, Hugh Dallas, Pavel Královec, Gehad Grisha, and Norbert Hauata. After him are Mark Shield, Eduardo Iturralde González, Daniel Siebert, Michaela Tabb, Yoshimi Yamashita, and Enrique Cáceres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Artur Soares Dias ranks 547. Before him are Hugo Alcântara, André Holland, Walter Herrmann, Francisco Yeste, Enrique Vera, and Chris O'Dowd. After him are Justin Bruening, Amat Escalante, Tia Texada, Carlos Bocanegra, Leena Peisa, and Pavel Volya.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Artur Soares Dias ranks 496 out of 633. Before him are Vanessa Fernandes (1985), Vitorino Antunes (1987), Vânia Fernandes (1985), Pedro Mendes (1979), Alba Baptista (1997), and José Azevedo (1973). After him are Sara Sampaio (1991), Sérgio Paulinho (1980), Nuno Assis (1977), Nuno Resende (1973), Maro (1994), and Zé Castro (1983).

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Among REFEREES In Portugal

Among referees born in Portugal, Artur Soares Dias ranks 3. Before him are Pedro Proença (1970), and Olegário Benquerença (1969).

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