1994 - Today
João Pedro Cavaco Cancelo (European Portuguese: [ʒuˈɐ̃w kɐ̃ˈselu]; born 27 May 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Manchester City and the Portugal national team. Mainly a right back, he can also play as a right winger or a left back. After coming through Benfica's youth academy, Cancelo began playing for the club's reserve side in 2012 and was promoted to the first team two years later. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of João Cancelo has received more than 1,554,053 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). João Cancelo is the 3,763rd most popular soccer player (down from 2,797th in 2019), the 318th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 257th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, João Cancelo ranks 3,763 out of 16,923. Before him are Georgios Samaras, Julian Brandt, Rudi Hoffmann, Rubén de la Red, Túlio Maravilha, and Sergio Vázquez. After him are Chris Smalling, Salvatore Bagni, Sofiane Feghouli, Frode Johnsen, Antonio Benarrivo, and Cemil Turan.
1985 - Present
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 3,757
1996 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 3,758
1935 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 3,759
1985 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 3,760
1969 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 3,761
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 3,762
1994 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 3,763
1989 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 3,764
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 3,765
1989 - Present
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 3,766
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 3,767
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 3,768
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 3,769
Among people born in 1994, João Cancelo ranks 39. Before him are Lucas Ocampos, Yussuf Poulsen, August Ames, Yuzuru Hanyu, Carlos Sainz Jr., and Corentin Tolisso. After him are Jordan Lukaku, Duncan Laurence, Daniele Rugani, Nam Joo-hyuk, Saúl Ñíguez, and Aymeric Laporte.
1994 - Present
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 33
1994 - Present
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 34
1994 - 2017
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 35
1994 - Present
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 36
1994 - Present
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 37
1994 - Present
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 38
1994 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 39
1994 - Present
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 40
1994 - Present
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 41
1994 - Present
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 42
1994 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 43
1994 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 44
1994 - Present
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 45
Among people born in Portugal, João Cancelo ranks 318 out of 479. Before him are Carlos Mendes (1947), Ricardo (1976), Fernando Meira (1978), Jorge Costa (1971), José Tolentino de Mendonça (1965), and Teresa Salgueiro (1969). After him are George Grey (1812), Olegário Benquerença (1969), Beto (1976), Nelo Vingada (1953), Renato Sanches (1997), and Eduardo Carvalho (1982).
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 312
1976 - Present
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 313
1978 - Present
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 314
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 315
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 316
1969 - Present
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 317
1994 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 318
1812 - 1898
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 319
1969 - Present
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 320
1976 - Present
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 321
1953 - Present
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 322
1997 - Present
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 323
1982 - Present
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 324
Among soccer players born in Portugal, João Cancelo ranks 56. Before him are Bernardo Silva (1994), Jorge Andrade (1978), Miguel Veloso (1986), Ricardo (1976), Fernando Meira (1978), and Jorge Costa (1971). After him are Beto (1976), Renato Sanches (1997), Eduardo Carvalho (1982), Carlos Secretário (1970), João Pinto (1961), and Ricardo Costa (1981).
1994 - Present
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 50
1978 - Present
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 51
1986 - Present
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 52
1976 - Present
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 53
1978 - Present
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 54
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 55
1994 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 56
1976 - Present
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 57
1997 - Present
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 58
1982 - Present
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 59
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 60
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 61
1981 - Present
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 62