1966 - Today
Cláudio André Mergen Taffarel (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈklawdʒu tafaˈɾɛw]; born 8 May 1966) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is the goalkeeping coach of English Premier League club Liverpool and the Brazil national team. During an 18-year career he played professionally for five different clubs in both Brazil and Europe. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cláudio Taffarel has received more than 953,613 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Cláudio Taffarel is the 396th most popular soccer player (down from 380th in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 101st in 2019) and the 50th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Cláudio Taffarel ranks 396 out of 16,880. Before him are Hans Krankl, Zlatko Čajkovski, Fernando Peyroteo, Jan Jongbloed, Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, and György Sárosi. After him are Antonín Puč, Ferenc Deák, Pedro Petrone, Shiro Misaki, Poul Nielsen, and Émerson Leão.
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 390
1923 - 1998
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 391
1918 - 1978
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 392
1940 - 2023
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 393
1945 - 2013
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 394
1912 - 1993
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 395
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 396
1907 - 1988
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 397
1922 - 1998
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 398
1905 - 1964
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 399
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 400
1891 - 1962
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 401
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 402
Among people born in 1966, Cláudio Taffarel ranks 35. Before him are John Cusack, Téa Leoni, Cindy Crawford, Julen Lopetegui, Stefan Edberg, and Gianfranco Zola. After him are Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Sinéad O'Connor, Enrique Peña Nieto, Kentaro Miura, Yoshihiro Togashi, and Erdoğan Atalay.
1966 - Present
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 29
1966 - Present
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 30
1966 - Present
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 31
1966 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 32
1966 - Present
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 33
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 34
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 35
1966 - 2006
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 36
1966 - 2023
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 37
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 38
1966 - 2021
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 39
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 40
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 41
Among people born in Brazil, Cláudio Taffarel ranks 117 out of 2,067. Before him are Telê Santana (1931), Toninho Cerezo (1955), Marcelo (1988), Elis Regina (1945), Juninho Pernambucano (1975), and Princess Francisca of Brazil (1824). After him are Émerson Leão (1949), Bernardino Machado (1851), Loalwa Braz (1953), Augusto Boal (1931), Vanderlei Luxemburgo (1952), and Sérgio Mendes (1941).
1931 - 2006
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 111
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 112
1988 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 113
1945 - 1982
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 114
1975 - Present
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 115
1824 - 1898
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 116
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 117
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 118
1851 - 1944
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 119
1953 - 2017
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 120
1931 - 2009
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 121
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 122
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 123
Among soccer players born in Brazil, Cláudio Taffarel ranks 50. Before him are Pepe (1983), Robinho (1984), Telê Santana (1931), Toninho Cerezo (1955), Marcelo (1988), and Juninho Pernambucano (1975). After him are Émerson Leão (1949), Tite (1961), Edu Coimbra (1947), Raí (1965), Aldair (1965), and Oscar (1954).
1983 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 44
1984 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 45
1931 - 2006
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 46
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 47
1988 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 48
1975 - Present
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 49
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 50
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 51
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 52
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 53
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 54
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 55
1954 - Present
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 56