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Juninho Pernambucano

1975 - Today

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Antônio Augusto Ribeiro Reis Júnior (born 30 January 1975), commonly known as Juninho Pernambucano or simply Juninho, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who was most recently the sporting director of French club Lyon. A dead-ball specialist noted for his bending free kicks, in particular the knuckleball technique which he developed, Juninho holds the record for the highest number of goals scored through free kicks and is considered by many to be the greatest free-kick taker of all time. Juninho began his professional career in 1993 with Brazilian club Sport do Recife. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juninho Pernambucano has received more than 2,775,985 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Juninho Pernambucano is the 381st most popular soccer player (up from 388th in 2019), the 107th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 115th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Juninho Pernambucano ranks 381 out of 21,273. Before him are Henrik Larsson, Masahiro Hamazaki, Robin van Persie, László Bölöni, Zvonimir Boban, and Giuseppe Bergomi. After him are Ryan Giggs, Hans Krankl, Lajos Tichy, Guti, Jupp Derwall, and Usaburo Hidaka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Juninho Pernambucano ranks 18. Before him are Tobey Maguire, Charles Michel, Eiichiro Oda, DJ Khaled, Hernán Crespo, and Lee Sun-kyun. After him are Shilpa Shetty, Juan Sebastián Verón, Marissa Mayer, Casey Affleck, Nikol Pashinyan, and Satoshi Nakamoto.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Juninho Pernambucano ranks 107 out of 2,236. Before him are Emílio Garrastazu Médici (1905), Leonardo Araújo (1969), Elis Regina (1945), João Figueiredo (1918), Moacir Barbosa Nascimento (1921), and Chico Xavier (1910). After him are Émerson Leão (1949), Bernardino Machado (1851), Vanderlei Luxemburgo (1952), Fernando Collor de Mello (1949), Robinho (1984), and Loalwa Braz (1953).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Juninho Pernambucano ranks 49. Before him are Cláudio Taffarel (1966), Toninho Cerezo (1955), Mauro Ramos (1930), Telê Santana (1931), Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório (1943), and Moacir Barbosa Nascimento (1921). After him are Émerson Leão (1949), Robinho (1984), Roberto Dinamite (1954), Aldair (1965), Oscar (1954), and Everaldo (1944).

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