SOCCER PLAYER

Fernando Gomes

1956 - 2022

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Fernando Mendes Soares Gomes (22 November 1956 – 26 November 2022) was a Portuguese professional footballer who played as a striker. He achieved great success with Porto, during the late 1970s and 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fernando Gomes has received more than 19,147 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Fernando Gomes is the 662nd most popular soccer player (up from 840th in 2019), the 171st most popular biography from Portugal (up from 212th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.

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  • 19k

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  • 56.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Fernando Gomes ranks 662 out of 21,273Before him are Seki Matsunaga, Isidro Lángara, Mihály Lantos, Arsenio Erico, Alfredo Foni, and Hércules Brito Ruas. After him are Carlo Mazzone, Enrico Albertosi, Nemanja Vidić, Antonio Cabrini, Tite, and Enzo Scifo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Fernando Gomes ranks 90Before him are Alain Ducasse, Boris Trajkovski, Frances Arnold, Mimi Rogers, Maggie Reilly, and Sela Ward. After him are Mikuláš Dzurinda, Bruce Greenwood, Rita Wilson, Henri Toivonen, Philip Kerr, and Elie Hobeika. Among people deceased in 2022, Fernando Gomes ranks 133Before him are Mario Terán, Christos Sartzetakis, Alain Tanner, Tony Sirico, Piet Schrijvers, and Yuri Averbakh. After him are Kay Parker, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Joachim Streich, Nick Holonyak, Juris Hartmanis, and Reine Wisell.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Fernando Gomes ranks 171 out of 633Before him are Matilda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal (1125), Vítor Baía (1969), Joaquim de Almeida (1957), Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja (1506), Constance of Portugal (1290), and Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499). After him are Infanta Maria of Guimarães (1538), Ferdinand the Holy Prince (1402), Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira (1669), Camilo Castelo Branco (1825), Joanna, Princess of Portugal (1452), and Paulo Sousa (1970).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, Fernando Gomes ranks 12Before him are Ricardo Quaresma (1983), Artur Jorge (1946), Félix Mourinho (1938), Américo Lopes (1933), Paulo Futre (1966), and Vítor Baía (1969). After him are Paulo Sousa (1970), Sérgio Conceição (1974), Ricardo Carvalho (1978), Alberto Festa (1939), Paulo Bento (1969), and Nuno Gomes (1976).