1954 - Today
Fernando Manuel Fernandes da Costa Santos (born 10 October 1954) is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who played as a central defender. He is the current manager of Süper Lig club Beşiktaş. He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 161 games and two goals over eight seasons, almost always with Estoril. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fernando Santos has received more than 46,739 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Fernando Santos is the 115th most popular soccer player (up from 483rd in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 135th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Fernando Santos ranks 115 out of 16,880. Before him are Uwe Seeler, Fabio Cannavaro, Neymar, Dani Alves, Filippo Inzaghi, and Nils Liedholm. After him are Kunishige Kamamoto, Luigi Riva, Lucien Laurent, Bobby Robson, Carles Puyol, and Cafu.
1936 - 2022
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 109
1973 - Present
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 110
1992 - Present
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 111
1983 - Present
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 112
1973 - Present
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 113
1922 - 2007
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 114
1954 - Present
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 115
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 116
1944 - 2024
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 117
1907 - 2005
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 118
1933 - 2009
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 119
1978 - Present
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 120
1970 - Present
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 121
Among people born in 1954, Fernando Santos ranks 27. Before him are Halimah Yacob, Stieg Larsson, Mario Kempes, Andrej Babiš, Annie Lennox, and Serzh Sargsyan. After him are Matt Groening, Jim Belushi, Dennis Quaid, Michael Moore, Condoleezza Rice, and Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.
1954 - Present
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 21
1954 - 2004
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 22
1954 - Present
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 23
1954 - Present
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 24
1954 - Present
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 25
1954 - Present
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 26
1954 - Present
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 27
1954 - Present
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 28
1954 - Present
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 29
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 30
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 31
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 32
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 33
Among people born in Portugal, Fernando Santos ranks 75 out of 555. Before him are Peter III of Portugal (1717), Barbara of Portugal (1711), Diego Columbus (1479), Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy (1397), John of God (1495), and Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal (1887). After him are Sancho II of Portugal (1209), Uriel da Costa (1585), João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (1537), António de Spínola (1910), Joan of Portugal (1439), and Francisco de Almeida (1450).
1717 - 1786
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 69
1711 - 1758
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 70
1479 - 1527
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 71
1397 - 1471
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 72
1495 - 1550
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 73
1887 - 1908
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 74
1954 - Present
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 75
1209 - 1248
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 76
1585 - 1640
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 77
1537 - 1554
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 78
1910 - 1996
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 79
1439 - 1475
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 80
1450 - 1510
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 81
Among soccer players born in Portugal, Fernando Santos ranks 2. Before him are Cristiano Ronaldo (1985). After him are Luís Figo (1972), Jorge Jesus (1954), Rui Costa (1972), Artur Jorge (1946), Ricardo Quaresma (1983), Félix Mourinho (1938), Paulo Sousa (1970), Paulo Futre (1966), Nani (1986), and Vítor Baía (1969).
1985 - Present
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 1
1954 - Present
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 2
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 3
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 4
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 5
1946 - 2024
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 6
1983 - Present
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 7
1938 - 2017
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 8
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 9
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 10
1986 - Present
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 11
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 12