1988 - Today
Juan Manuel Mata García (Spanish pronunciation: [xwam ˈmata]; born 28 April 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United and the Spain national team. He mostly plays as a central attacking midfielder, but he can also play on the wing. Mata is considered by pundits to be one of the best attacking midfielders of his generation.A graduate of Real Madrid's youth academy, Mata played for Real Madrid Castilla in 2006–07, before joining Valencia in the summer of 2007. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan Mata has received more than 4,555,053 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Juan Mata is the 1,648th most popular soccer player (down from 1,405th in 2019), the 1,106th most popular biography from Spain (down from 946th in 2019) and the 127th most popular Spanish Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Juan Mata ranks 1,648 out of 16,923. Before him are Isacio Calleja, Roland Sandberg, Píndaro de Carvalho Rodrigues, Marouane Fellaini, Ashley Young, and Christian Eriksen. After him are Gabriel Calderón, Lakhdar Belloumi, Jakub Błaszczykowski, Per Mertesacker, Titus Buberník, and Beb Bakhuys.
1936 - 2019
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 1,642
1946 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 1,643
1892 - 1965
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 1,644
1987 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 1,645
1985 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 1,646
1992 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 1,647
1988 - Present
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 1,648
1960 - Present
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 1,649
1958 - Present
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 1,650
1985 - Present
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 1,651
1984 - Present
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 1,652
1933 - Present
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 1,653
1909 - 1982
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 1,654
Among people born in 1988, Juan Mata ranks 35. Before him are Ana de Armas, Juan Cuadrado, G-Dragon, Fábio Coentrão, Javier Hernández, and Paulinho. After him are Radja Nainggolan, Nicklas Bendtner, Nuri Şahin, Lizzo, Javi Martínez, and James Arthur.
1988 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 29
1988 - Present
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 30
1988 - Present
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 31
1988 - Present
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 32
1988 - Present
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 33
1988 - Present
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 34
1988 - Present
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 35
1988 - Present
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 36
1988 - Present
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 37
1988 - Present
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 38
1988 - Present
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 39
1988 - Present
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 40
1988 - Present
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 41
Among people born in Spain, Juan Mata ranks 1,106 out of 2,595. Before him are José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca (1728), Iván Helguera (1975), Luis María Echeberría (1940), Fernando de Herrera (1534), Arsenio Iglesias (1930), and Isacio Calleja (1936). After him are Francisco Ibáñez Talavera (1936), Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa (1750), Jerónimo Zurita y Castro (1512), Luis Royo (1954), José María Ventura Casas (1817), and Enrique Vila-Matas (1948).
1728 - 1808
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 1,100
1975 - Present
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 1,101
1940 - 2016
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 1,102
1534 - 1597
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 1,103
1930 - Present
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 1,104
1936 - 2019
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 1,105
1988 - Present
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 1,106
1936 - Present
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 1,107
1750 - 1791
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 1,108
1512 - 1580
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 1,109
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 1,110
1817 - 1875
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 1,111
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 1,112
Among soccer players born in Spain, Juan Mata ranks 127. Before him are Juanito (1954), Manuel Olivares (1909), Iván Helguera (1975), Luis María Echeberría (1940), Arsenio Iglesias (1930), and Isacio Calleja (1936). After him are José Iraragorri (1912), José Luis Capón (1948), Marcelino García Toral (1965), Gabi (1983), Francisco Buyo (1958), and José Callejón (1987).
1954 - 1992
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 121
1909 - 1976
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 122
1975 - Present
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 123
1940 - 2016
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 124
1930 - Present
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 125
1936 - 2019
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 126
1988 - Present
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 127
1912 - 1983
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 128
1948 - 2020
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 129
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 130
1983 - Present
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 131
1958 - Present
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 132
1987 - Present
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 133