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Fernando Couto

1969 - Today

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Fernando Manuel Silva Couto (Portuguese: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃du ˈkotu]; born 2 August 1969) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a centre back. During a 21-year professional career, he played in a number of top clubs in Portugal, Spain and Italy (12 seasons in the latter country), appearing in nearly 600 competitive matches and winning the double in each country, as well as three UEFA trophies. At international level, Couto represented the Portugal national team in 110 games, taking part in the 2002 World Cup as well as three European Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fernando Couto has received more than 406,250 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Fernando Couto is the 1,197th most popular soccer player (up from 1,320th in 2019), the 246th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 228th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Fernando Couto ranks 1,197 out of 16,880. Before him are Michele Andreolo, Max Abegglen, Claude Le Roy, Tadao Kobayashi, Faustino Asprilla, and Yevhen Rudakov. After him are Hansi Müller, José Sanfilippo, Flávio Costa, Tokutaro Ukon, Márcio Amoroso, and Julio Pérez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Fernando Couto ranks 111. Before him are Stephen Hendry, Pedro Castillo, Terrence Howard, Faye Wong, Răzvan Lucescu, and Faustino Asprilla. After him are Max Cavalera, Billy Herrington, Dana White, Jonas Kaufmann, Adam Riess, and Tommy Morrison.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Fernando Couto ranks 246 out of 555. Before him are Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia (1415), Jorge Mendes (1966), Antero de Quental (1842), Manuel Teixeira Gomes (1860), Amadeo de Souza Cardoso (1887), and João César Monteiro (1939). After him are Humberto Coelho (1950), Gonçalo Velho Cabral (1400), José Torres (1938), Vasco de Almeida e Costa (1932), John of Coimbra, Prince of Antioch (1431), and Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho (1869).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, Fernando Couto ranks 20. Before him are Ricardo Carvalho (1978), Sérgio Conceição (1974), Nuno Gomes (1976), Fernando Gomes (1956), Paulo Bento (1969), and Fábio Coentrão (1988). After him are Humberto Coelho (1950), José Torres (1938), José Costa (1953), Manuel Bento (1948), Bruno Alves (1981), and Maniche (1977).

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