SOCCER PLAYER

Costinha

1974 - Today

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Francisco José Rodrigues da Costa (born 1 December 1974), known as Costinha (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɔʃˈtiɲɐ]), is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, currently a manager. Best known for his tackling and positioning, as well as his athleticism, stamina and workrate, he played for clubs in Portugal, France, Russia, Spain and Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Costinha has received more than 330,547 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Costinha is the 2,476th most popular soccer player (up from 2,597th in 2019), the 323rd most popular biography from Portugal (down from 313th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Costinhas by language

Over the past year Costinha has had the most page views in the with 39,158 views, followed by Portuguese (21,938), and Italian (13,709). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (1,361.82%), Norwegian (Nynorsk) (88.64%), and Malagasy (56.33%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Costinha ranks 2,476 out of 21,273. Before him are Joe Fagan, Adolf Šimperský, Rafinha, Jan Kok, Muhamed Mujić, and Vic Buckingham. After him are Kevin Kurányi, Ramón Zabalo, Åke Johansson, Juan Francisco Lombardo, Anders Rydberg, and Samuel Kuffour.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Costinha ranks 102. Before him are Jasmila Žbanić, Hrithik Roshan, Carsten Jancker, Shavo Odadjian, Kenan İmirzalıoğlu, and Taribo West. After him are Daniel Wu, Alexander Pichushkin, Romain Duris, Xzibit, Zoran Zaev, and Petter Solberg.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Costinha ranks 323 out of 633. Before him are Pedro Santana Lopes (1956), James of Portugal (1433), Beto (1982), Nelo Vingada (1953), Diogo Lopes de Sequeira (1465), and Rafael Leão (1999). After him are Paulo Ferreira (1979), Bruno Fernandes (1994), Lourenço de Almeida (1480), Dulce Pontes (1969), Joaquim Carvalho (1937), and Rui Vitória (1970).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, Costinha ranks 45. Before him are João Moutinho (1986), Rui Patrício (1988), Ricardo Sá Pinto (1972), Raul Meireles (1983), Beto (1982), and Rafael Leão (1999). After him are Paulo Ferreira (1979), Bruno Fernandes (1994), Joaquim Carvalho (1937), Rui Vitória (1970), Jaime Pacheco (1958), and Simão Sabrosa (1979).

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