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Felipe Melo

1983 - Today

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Felipe Melo de Carvalho (born 26 June 1983), known as Felipe Melo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for and captains Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Fluminense. He began his career with Brazilian teams Flamengo, Cruzeiro and Grêmio, before moving to Spain in 2005, where he represented Mallorca, Racing Santander and Almería in La Liga. After one year at Fiorentina, he signed for Juventus for €25 million in 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Felipe Melo has received more than 1,555,279 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Felipe Melo is the 757th most popular soccer player (up from 1,379th in 2019), the 177th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 323rd in 2019) and the 77th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Felipe Melo ranks 757 out of 21,273. Before him are Dida, Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga, Andrzej Szarmach, Mikel Arteta, Eduard Streltsov, and Cesc Fàbregas. After him are Dirceu, Ferran Olivella, Rogério Ceni, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Akgün Kaçmaz, and Oleg Salenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Felipe Melo ranks 20. Before him are Henry Cavill, Donald Glover, Yaya Touré, Andrew Garfield, Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, and Daniele De Rossi. After him are Rafael van der Vaart, Mila Kunis, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Mélanie Laurent, José Antonio Reyes, and Álvaro Arbeloa.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Felipe Melo ranks 177 out of 2,236. Before him are Lucélia Santos (1957), Waldo Machado (1934), Nelson Freire (1944), Osvaldo Moles (1913), Maria Bueno (1939), and Dida (1934). After him are Dirceu (1952), Rogério Ceni (1973), Orlando Peçanha (1935), Sebastião Lazaroni (1950), Preguinho (1905), and Café Filho (1899).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Felipe Melo ranks 77. Before him are Aymoré Moreira (1912), Thiago Motta (1982), Jorginho (1964), Júlio César (1979), Waldo Machado (1934), and Dida (1934). After him are Dirceu (1952), Rogério Ceni (1973), Orlando Peçanha (1935), Preguinho (1905), Tita (1958), and Thiago Silva (1984).

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