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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. Two years later he joined Vasco da Gama where he played over 100 matches and won six titles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juninho Pernambucano has received more than 2,525,707 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Juninho Pernambucano is the 388th most popular soccer player (up from 422nd in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 110th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

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  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Juninho Pernambucano ranks 388 out of 16,880Before him are Brian Clough, Shoichi Nishimura, Shiro Azumi, Larbi Benbarek, Sigfried Held, and Gyula Lóránt. After him are Gianfranco Zola, Hans Krankl, Zlatko Čajkovski, Fernando Peyroteo, Jan Jongbloed, and Ladislao Mazurkiewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Juninho Pernambucano ranks 18Before him are Sia, Will.i.am, Hernán Crespo, Satoshi Nakamoto, DJ Khaled, and Eiichiro Oda. After him are Shilpa Shetty, Eva Longoria, Juan Sebastián Verón, Casey Affleck, Ralf Schumacher, and Denys Shmyhal.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Juninho Pernambucano ranks 115 out of 2,067Before him are Carlos Pace (1944), Robinho (1984), Telê Santana (1931), Toninho Cerezo (1955), Marcelo (1988), and Elis Regina (1945). After him are Princess Francisca of Brazil (1824), Cláudio Taffarel (1966), Émerson Leão (1949), Bernardino Machado (1851), Loalwa Braz (1953), and Augusto Boal (1931).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Juninho Pernambucano ranks 49Before him are Deco (1977), Pepe (1983), Robinho (1984), Telê Santana (1931), Toninho Cerezo (1955), and Marcelo (1988). After him are Cláudio Taffarel (1966), Émerson Leão (1949), Tite (1961), Edu Coimbra (1947), Raí (1965), and Aldair (1965).

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