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SOCCER PLAYER

Eusébio

1942 - 2014

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Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (European Portuguese: [ewˈzɛβju ðɐ ˈsilvɐ fɨˈʁɐjɾɐ]; 25 January 1942 – 5 January 2014), nicknamed the "Black Panther", the "Black Pearl" or "O Rei" ("The King"), was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker. He is considered one of the greatest players of all time as well as Benfica's best player ever. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eusébio has received more than 3,545,997 page views. His biography is available in 84 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 82 in 2019). Eusébio is the 8th most popular soccer player (down from 5th in 2019), the most popular biography from Mozambique and the most popular Mozambican Soccer Player.

Eusébio was a Portuguese football player who is most famous for being the first person to score one hundred goals in the European Cup.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 76.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 84

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Eusébio ranks 8 out of 16,880. Before him are Johan Cruyff, Ferenc Puskás, Diego Maradona, Lev Yashin, Gerd Müller, and Franz Beckenbauer. After him are Garrincha, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Zinedine Zidane, Giuseppe Meazza, Josef Bican, and George Best.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Eusébio ranks 11. Before him are Aretha Franklin, Martin Scorsese, Amitabh Bachchan, Hu Jintao, Jimi Hendrix, and Ratko Mladić. After him are Harrison Ford, Paul McCartney, Barbra Streisand, Daniel Barenboim, Peter Handke, and Scatman John. Among people deceased in 2014, Eusébio ranks 4. Before him are Gabriel García Márquez, Robin Williams, and Ariel Sharon. After him are Alfredo Di Stéfano, Eduard Shevardnadze, Hiroo Onoda, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Claudio Abbado, Eli Wallach, Joe Cocker, and Luis Aragonés.

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In Mozambique

Among people born in Mozambique, Eusébio ranks 1 out of 34. After him are Yasuke (1530), Carlos Queiroz (1953), Samora Machel (1933), Alexandre José Maria dos Santos (1924), Joaquim Chissano (1939), Graça Machel (1945), Armando Guebuza (1943), Mário Coluna (1935), Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho (1936), Eduardo Mondlane (1920), and Filipe Nyusi (1959).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Mozambique

Among soccer players born in Mozambique, Eusébio ranks 1. After him are Carlos Queiroz (1953), Mário Coluna (1935), Paulo Fonseca (1973), Abel Xavier (1972), Vicente Lucas (1935), Reinildo Mandava (1994), Jorge Cadete (1968), Simão Mate Junior (1988), and Mexer (1988).

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