1975 - Today
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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Among soccer players, Juninho Pernambucano ranks 388 out of 16,880. Before 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.
1935 - 2004
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 382
1912 - 1998
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 383
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 384
1914 - 1992
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 385
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 386
1923 - 1981
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 387
1975 - Present
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 388
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 389
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 390
1923 - 1998
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 391
1918 - 1978
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 392
1940 - 2023
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 393
1945 - 2013
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 394
Among people born in 1975, Juninho Pernambucano ranks 18. Before 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.
1975 - Present
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 12
1975 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 13
1975 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 14
1975 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 15
1975 - Present
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 16
1975 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 17
1975 - Present
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 18
1975 - Present
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 19
1975 - Present
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 20
1975 - Present
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 21
1975 - Present
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 22
1975 - Present
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 23
1975 - Present
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 24
Among people born in Brazil, Juninho Pernambucano ranks 115 out of 2,067. Before 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).
1944 - 1977
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 109
1984 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 110
1931 - 2006
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 111
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 112
1988 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 113
1945 - 1982
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 114
1975 - Present
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 115
1824 - 1898
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 116
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 117
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 118
1851 - 1944
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 119
1953 - 2017
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 120
1931 - 2009
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 121
Among soccer players born in Brazil, Juninho Pernambucano ranks 49. Before 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).
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 43
1983 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 44
1984 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 45
1931 - 2006
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 46
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 47
1988 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 48
1975 - Present
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 49
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 50
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 51
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 52
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 53
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 54
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 55