1978 - Today
Juan Román Riquelme (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxwan roˈman riˈkelme]; born 24 June 1978) is a retired Argentine professional footballer and current 2nd vice-president of Argentine Club Atlético Boca Juniors, where he is also responsible of the football department, including youth academy and women's sections.Playing as an attacking midfielder, he spent most of his career with Boca Juniors, where he won ten titles, but also had a significant spell in Spain with Villarreal. Additionally, he played for Barcelona and Argentinos Juniors in Spain and Argentina, respectively. Riquelme was named the Argentine Footballer of the Year four times. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan Román Riquelme has received more than 1,451,369 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Juan Román Riquelme is the 547th most popular soccer player (up from 753rd in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 146th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Argentinean Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Juan Román Riquelme ranks 547 out of 16,923. Before him are Shigemaru Takenokoshi, Ferenc Bene, Ricardo Quaresma, Edu Coimbra, Dino Sani, and Carlos Bianchi. After him are Carlos José Castilho, José Manuel Moreno, Emmanuel Petit, Max Morlock, Hans Schäfer, and Mesut Özil.
1906 - 1980
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 541
1944 - 2006
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 542
1983 - Present
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 543
1947 - Present
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 544
1932 - Present
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 545
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 546
1978 - Present
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 547
1927 - 1987
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 548
1916 - 1978
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 549
1970 - Present
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 550
1925 - 1994
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 551
1927 - 2017
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 552
1988 - Present
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 553
Among people born in 1978, Juan Román Riquelme ranks 15. Before him are Ashton Kutcher, Rachel McAdams, Ian Somerhalder, Omar Sy, Volodymyr Zelensky, and James Franco. After him are Katherine Heigl, Zoe Saldana, Claudio Pizarro, Katie Holmes, Manny Pacquiao, and Daniel Brühl.
1978 - Present
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 9
1978 - Present
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 10
1978 - Present
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 11
1978 - Present
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 12
1978 - Present
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 13
1978 - Present
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 14
1978 - Present
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 15
1978 - Present
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 16
1978 - Present
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 17
1978 - Present
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 18
1978 - Present
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 19
1978 - Present
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 20
1978 - Present
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 21
Among people born in Argentina, Juan Román Riquelme ranks 109 out of 900. Before him are Jorge Sampaoli (1960), Ariel Ramírez (1921), Héctor Rial (1928), Gabriela Sabatini (1970), Victoria Ocampo (1890), and Carlos Bianchi (1949). After him are Joseph Kessel (1898), José Manuel Moreno (1916), Julio Argentino Roca (1843), Ubaldo Fillol (1950), Onofre Marimón (1923), and Jorge Burruchaga (1962).
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 103
1921 - 2010
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 104
1928 - 1991
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 105
1970 - Present
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 106
1890 - 1979
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 107
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 108
1978 - Present
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 109
1898 - 1979
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 110
1916 - 1978
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 111
1843 - 1914
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 112
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 113
1923 - 1954
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 114
1962 - Present
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 115
Among soccer players born in Argentina, Juan Román Riquelme ranks 31. Before him are Luis Carniglia (1917), Fernando Redondo (1969), Diego Milito (1979), Mauricio Pochettino (1972), Héctor Rial (1928), and Carlos Bianchi (1949). After him are José Manuel Moreno (1916), Ubaldo Fillol (1950), Jorge Burruchaga (1962), Gerardo Martino (1962), Héctor Yazalde (1946), and Silvio Marzolini (1940).
1917 - 2001
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 25
1969 - Present
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 26
1979 - Present
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 27
1972 - Present
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 28
1928 - 1991
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 29
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 30
1978 - Present
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 31
1916 - 1978
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 32
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 33
1962 - Present
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 34
1962 - Present
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 35
1946 - 1997
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 36
1940 - 2020
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 37