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João Palhinha

1995 - Today

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João Maria Lobo Alves Palhares Costa Palhinha Gonçalves (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈɐ̃w̃ pɐˈʎiɲɐ]; born 9 July 1995) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Portugal national team. He came through at Sporting CP, first appearing with the first team in 2017 and also having loans at Moreirense, Belenenses and Braga. After returning in 2020, he became a starter, notably winning the 2020–21 Primeira Liga and back-to-back Taças da Liga in 2021 and 2022. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of João Palhinha has received more than 1,394,040 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). João Palhinha is the 3,499th most popular soccer player (up from 6,488th in 2019), the 357th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 426th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, João Palhinha ranks 3,499 out of 21,273. Before him are Daniel da Silva, Tanju Çolak, Sergio Gori, Aldo Campatelli, Claude Papi, and Mustafa Ertan. After him are Igor Akinfeev, Elano, Choei Sato, Max Lorenz, Gunnar Jansson, and Harry Stafford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1995, João Palhinha ranks 29. Before him are Mathieu van der Poel, Mikaela Shiffrin, Dominik Livaković, Ferland Mendy, Milan Škriniar, and Mike Maignan. After him are Nikola Jokić, Presnel Kimpembe, Álvaro Odriozola, Hirving Lozano, Anthony Martial, and Nayeon.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, João Palhinha ranks 357 out of 633. Before him are Madalena Iglésias (1939), João Pinto (1961), Mário de Araújo Cabral (1934), Pedro Costa (1958), António Oliveira (1952), and Félix de Avelar Brotero (1744). After him are Jerónimo de Sousa (1947), Manuel Duarte (1945), Ferreira de Castro (1898), Hélder Postiga (1982), Sara Martins (1977), and Germano de Figueiredo (1932).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, João Palhinha ranks 57. Before him are Simão Sabrosa (1979), Renato Sanches (1997), Hugo Almeida (1984), João Morais (1935), João Pinto (1961), and António Oliveira (1952). After him are Manuel Duarte (1945), Hélder Postiga (1982), Germano de Figueiredo (1932), Fernando Meira (1978), Domingos Paciência (1969), and Jaime Graça (1942).

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