SOCCER PLAYER

Cristiano Ronaldo

1985 - Today

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Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɾiʃˈtjɐnu ʁɔˈnaldu] ; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both the Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr and the Portugal national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Ronaldo has won numerous individual accolades throughout his career, such as five Ballon d'Or awards, a record three UEFA Men's Player of the Year Awards, four European Golden Shoes, and was named five times the world's best player by FIFA, the most by a European player. He has won 33 trophies in his career, including seven league titles, five UEFA Champions Leagues, the UEFA European Championship and the UEFA Nations League. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cristiano Ronaldo has received more than 156,337,941 page views. His biography is available in 161 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 148 in 2019). Cristiano Ronaldo is the 7th most popular soccer player (up from 17th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 16th in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.

Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Real Madrid and captains the Portugal national team. He is one of the most decorated players in the world, having won a total of five Ballon d'Or awards, the most for a European player and is the first player to win four European Golden Shoes.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 81.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 161

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 21.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Cristiano Ronaldo ranks 7 out of 21,273. Before him are Pelé, Franz Beckenbauer, Johan Cruyff, Ferenc Puskás, Lev Yashin, and Diego Maradona. After him are Alfredo Di Stéfano, Garrincha, Gerd Müller, Eusébio, Mário Zagallo, and Zinedine Zidane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Cristiano Ronaldo ranks 1. After him are Gal Gadot, Luka Modrić, Lewis Hamilton, Keira Knightley, Bruno Mars, Michael Phelps, Lukas Podolski, Wayne Rooney, Stromae, Lana Del Rey, and Mario Gómez.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo ranks 6 out of 633. Before him are Ferdinand Magellan (1480), Vasco da Gama (1460), Bartolomeu Dias (1450), Anthony of Padua (1195), and José Saramago (1922). After him are António de Oliveira Salazar (1889), António Guterres (1949), Prince Henry the Navigator (1394), Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467), Fernando Pessoa (1888), and Luís de Camões (1524).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo ranks 1. After him are Fernando Santos (1954), Jorge Jesus (1954), Rui Costa (1972), Luís Figo (1972), Ricardo Quaresma (1983), Artur Jorge (1946), Félix Mourinho (1938), Américo Lopes (1933), Paulo Futre (1966), Vítor Baía (1969), and Fernando Gomes (1956).

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