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Luís Figo

1972 - Today

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Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo OIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [luˈiʃ ˈfiɣu]; born 4 November 1972) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Sporting CP, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter Milan before retiring on 31 May 2009. He won 127 caps for the Portugal national team, a record at the time but later broken by Cristiano Ronaldo. Renowned for his creativity and ability to get past defenders as a winger, Figo is regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luís Figo has received more than 3,049,824 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Luís Figo is the 170th most popular soccer player (down from 156th in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 89th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.

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  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 70

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Luís Figo ranks 170 out of 16,923. Before him are Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, Gyula Grosics, Zizinho, Peter Schmeichel, Nagayasu Honda, and Didier Deschamps. After him are Kenzo Ohashi, Duncan Edwards, Kiyoo Kanda, Vahid Halilhodžić, Carles Rexach, and Dražan Jerković.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Luís Figo ranks 13. Before him are The Notorious B.I.G., Dwayne Johnson, Wentworth Miller, Rivaldo, Jude Law, and Big Show. After him are Pavel Nedvěd, Vanessa Paradis, Lilian Thuram, Lisa Ann, Tarkan, and Andrzej Duda.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Luís Figo ranks 87 out of 479. Before him are Maria Isabel of Braganza (1797), Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509), Theresa, Countess of Portugal (1080), Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal (1186), Diogo Dias (1450), and Tristão da Cunha (1460). After him are António de Spínola (1910), Joseph Nasi (1524), Berengaria of Portugal (1198), Pêro da Covilhã (1450), Gracia Mendes Nasi (1510), and Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1565).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, Luís Figo ranks 2. Before him are Cristiano Ronaldo (1985). After him are Rui Costa (1972), Jorge Jesus (1954), Fernando Santos (1954), Artur Jorge (1946), Paulo Futre (1966), Ricardo Quaresma (1983), Félix Mourinho (1938), Fernando Gomes (1956), Vítor Baía (1969), and Nuno Gomes (1976).

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