1978 - Today
Fernando José da Silva Freitas Meira (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃du ˈmɐjɾɐ]; born 5 June 1978) is a Portuguese former footballer who played mainly as a central defender. In his country, he represented most notably Vitória de Guimarães, also playing one year with Benfica. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fernando Meira has received more than 133,099 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Fernando Meira is the 3,709th most popular soccer player (down from 3,549th in 2019), the 349th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 314th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Fernando Meira ranks 3,709 out of 16,880. Before him are Wolfgang Blochwitz, Paulo Isidoro, Haruhisa Hasegawa, Manuel Locatelli, Yasutaro Matsuki, and Rôni. After him are Hiroki Sakai, Yuriko Shima, Roberto Telch, Leonardo Spinazzola, Silviu Lung, and Tony Barton.
1941 - 2005
HPI: 43.24
Rank: 3,703
1953 - Present
HPI: 43.24
Rank: 3,704
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.23
Rank: 3,705
1998 - Present
HPI: 43.22
Rank: 3,706
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.22
Rank: 3,707
1977 - Present
HPI: 43.22
Rank: 3,708
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.22
Rank: 3,709
1990 - Present
HPI: 43.22
Rank: 3,710
1959 - Present
HPI: 43.22
Rank: 3,711
1943 - 2014
HPI: 43.22
Rank: 3,712
1993 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 3,713
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 3,714
1937 - 1993
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 3,715
Among people born in 1978, Fernando Meira ranks 153. Before him are Yi So-yeon, Damian Marley, Wes Bentley, Julian Casablancas, Yukari Tamura, and Liu Yang. After him are Matthew Morrison, Bogdan Lobonț, In-Grid, Geoffrey Arend, Camille Cottin, and Charlie Weber.
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 147
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 148
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 149
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 150
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.24
Rank: 151
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.23
Rank: 152
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.22
Rank: 153
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.19
Rank: 154
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 155
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.14
Rank: 156
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.14
Rank: 157
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.13
Rank: 158
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.08
Rank: 159
Among people born in Portugal, Fernando Meira ranks 349 out of 555. Before him are Ricardo (1976), Domingos Paciência (1969), Carlos Mendes (1947), Tiago Monteiro (1976), Augusto Santos Silva (1956), and João Pinto (1961). After him are José Tolentino de Mendonça (1965), Fernando Pereira (1950), Ricardinho (1985), Jorge Andrade (1978), Abel Ferreira (1978), and Carlos Carvalhal (1965).
1976 - Present
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 343
1969 - Present
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 344
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 345
1976 - Present
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 346
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 347
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 348
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.22
Rank: 349
1965 - Present
HPI: 43.06
Rank: 350
1950 - 1985
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 351
1985 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 352
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 353
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 354
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.81
Rank: 355
Among soccer players born in Portugal, Fernando Meira ranks 55. Before him are João Cancelo (1994), António Oliveira (1952), João Félix (1999), Ricardo (1976), Domingos Paciência (1969), and João Pinto (1961). After him are Ricardinho (1985), Jorge Andrade (1978), Abel Ferreira (1978), Carlos Carvalhal (1965), José Fonte (1983), and Nélson Semedo (1993).
1994 - Present
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 49
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.48
Rank: 50
1999 - Present
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 51
1976 - Present
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 52
1969 - Present
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 53
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 54
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.22
Rank: 55
1985 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 56
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 57
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 58
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.81
Rank: 59
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 60
1993 - Present
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 61