SOCCER PLAYER

Carlos Valderrama

1961 - Today

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Carlos Alberto Valderrama Palacio (Colombian Spanish: [ˈkaɾlos alˈβeɾto βaldeˈrama paˈlasjo]; born 2 September 1961), also known as "El Pibe" ("The Kid"), is a Colombian former professional footballer and sports commentator for Fútbol de Primera, who played as an attacking midfielder. Valderrama is considered by many to be one of the greatest South American players in history and one of the best players of his era. In 2004, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.A creative playmaker, he is regarded as one of the best Colombian footballers of all time, and by some as Colombia's greatest player ever. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Valderrama has received more than 2,259,291 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Carlos Valderrama is the 138th most popular soccer player (up from 139th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Colombia (up from 9th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Colombian Soccer Player.

Carlos Valderrama is a Colombian footballer who is best known for his hairstyle.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 57

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Carlos Valderramas by language

Over the past year Carlos Valderrama has had the most page views in the with 350,677 views, followed by English (241,668), and Portuguese (70,176). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (94.47%), Simple English (69.74%), and Catalan (66.05%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Carlos Valderrama ranks 138 out of 21,273. Before him are Tostão, Jan Jongbloed, Zoltán Czibor, Alcides Ghiggia, Allan Simonsen, and Sergio Ramos. After him are Robert Lewandowski, Harald Schumacher, Sandro Mazzola, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Xavi, and Xabi Alonso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Carlos Valderrama ranks 18. Before him are Enya, Carl Lewis, Julia Gillard, Peter Jackson, Petr Pavel, and Hibatullah Akhundzada. After him are Robert Carlyle, Manu Chao, Joseph Kony, Nastassja Kinski, Samy Naceri, and Woody Harrelson.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Carlos Valderrama ranks 8 out of 356. Before him are Gabriel García Márquez (1927), Griselda Blanco (1943), Fernando Botero (1932), René Higuita (1966), Juan Manuel Santos (1951), and César Gaviria (1947). After him are Shakira (1977), Sofía Vergara (1972), Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela (1939), Luis Garavito (1957), Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela (1943), and Pedro López (1948).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Colombia

Among soccer players born in Colombia, Carlos Valderrama ranks 2. Before him are René Higuita (1966). After him are James Rodríguez (1991), Andrés Escobar (1967), Radamel Falcao (1986), Faustino Asprilla (1969), Iván Córdoba (1976), Juan Cuadrado (1988), Faryd Mondragón (1971), Juan Carlos Osorio (1961), Freddy Rincón (1966), and David Ospina (1988).

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