SOCCER PLAYER

Fernando Santos

1954 - Today

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Fernando Manuel Fernandes da Costa Santos (born 10 October 1954) is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who played as a left-back. He is the current coach of the Azerbaijan national team. 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 47,947 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Fernando Santos is the 55th most popular soccer player (up from 115th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Portugal (up from 75th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 48k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Fernando Santos ranks 55 out of 21,273Before him are Paolo Rossi, Stanley Matthews, László Kubala, Mario Kempes, Junji Nishikawa, and Ricardo Zamora. After him are Flórián Albert, Roberto Carlos, Francisco Gento, Roberto Mancini, Uwe Seeler, and Luis Suárez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Fernando Santos ranks 18Before him are James Cameron, Sócrates, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Emir Kusturica, Jean-Claude Juncker, and Mario Kempes. After him are Kazuo Ishiguro, Oprah Winfrey, Dieter Bohlen, Stieg Larsson, Ray Liotta, and Ang Lee.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Fernando Santos ranks 33 out of 633Before him are John VI of Portugal (1767), Joseph I of Portugal (1714), Amália Rodrigues (1920), Peter I of Portugal (1320), John II of Portugal (1455), and Carlos I of Portugal (1863). After him are Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (1948), Maria I of Portugal (1734), Henry, King of Portugal (1512), Afonso III of Portugal (1210), Edward, King of Portugal (1391), and Orosius (375).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, Fernando Santos ranks 2Before him are Cristiano Ronaldo (1985). After him are Jorge Jesus (1954), Rui Costa (1972), Luís Figo (1972), Ricardo Quaresma (1983), Artur Jorge (1946), Félix Mourinho (1938), Américo Lopes (1933), Paulo Futre (1966), Vítor Baía (1969), and Fernando Gomes (1956).