SOCCER PLAYER

Douglas Costa

1990 - Today

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Douglas Costa de Souza (born 14 September 1990) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for A-League club Sydney FC. He is known for his dribbling skills, speed, acceleration, and crossing ability. Costa started his career with Grêmio, before moving to Shakhtar Donetsk in January 2010 for a fee of €6 million. He won numerous trophies with Shakhtar, including a domestic treble in the 2010–11 season (Premier League, the Ukrainian Cup and the Super Cup). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Douglas Costa has received more than 4,459,175 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia. Douglas Costa is the 1,196th most popular soccer player (down from 969th in 2019), the 267th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 237th in 2019) and the 118th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Douglas Costa ranks 1,196 out of 21,273. Before him are Ezequiel Lavezzi, Ichiro Hosotani, Müller, Max Abegglen, Ken Naganuma, and Sven Tumba. After him are Silvio Marzolini, Umberto Caligaris, Mehmet Scholl, Josef Posipal, Nahum Stelmach, and Ciro Immobile.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1990, Douglas Costa ranks 15. Before him are Magnus Carlsen, Kristen Stewart, Machine Gun Kelly, Joselu, Princess Eugenie of York, and Bojan Krkić. After him are Ciro Immobile, SZA, Wojciech Szczęsny, Nacho, Luuk de Jong, and André Schürrle.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Douglas Costa ranks 267 out of 2,236. Before him are Carlos Mozer (1960), Francisco Aramburu (1922), Max Cavalera (1969), Julinho (1929), Zé Maria (1949), and Müller (1966). After him are Nise da Silveira (1905), Ruy Barbosa (1849), Márcio Amoroso (1974), Michael Löwy (1938), Antônio Carlos Zago (1969), and Tony Ramos (1948).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Douglas Costa ranks 118. Before him are Emerson (1976), Carlos Mozer (1960), Francisco Aramburu (1922), Julinho (1929), Zé Maria (1949), and Müller (1966). After him are Márcio Amoroso (1974), Antônio Carlos Zago (1969), Vinícius Júnior (2000), Moacir Claudino Pinto (1936), Evaristo de Macedo (1933), and Angelo Sormani (1939).

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