SOCCER PLAYER

Lucas Leiva

1987 - Today

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Lucas Pezzini Leiva (born 9 January 1987), known as Lucas or Lucas Leiva (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈlukɐz ˈlejvɐ]), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder for Grêmio, Liverpool, Lazio and Brazil. Lucas began his career as a box-to-box midfielder at Grêmio where he won the Campeonato Gaúcho in 2006 and 2007. In July 2007 he moved to Liverpool, where he played 347 professional matches over the course of a decade, winning the League Cup in 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucas Leiva has received more than 2,034,145 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Lucas Leiva is the 4,239th most popular soccer player (down from 4,082nd in 2019), the 729th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 713th in 2019) and the 381st most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Lucas Leivas by language

Over the past year Lucas Leiva has had the most page views in the with 122,992 views, followed by Portuguese (48,701), and Italian (28,259). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Lithuanian (79.87%), Malagasy (78.19%), and Southern Azerbaijani (38.28%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Lucas Leiva ranks 4,239 out of 21,273. Before him are Juan Valdivieso, Jorge Costa, Pedro Casado, Khalilou Fadiga, Luis Alberto, and Giovanni Simeone. After him are Kiko, Jonas Thern, Hans Pesser, Miguel Murillo, Pedro Nájera, and Ariel Nogueira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Lucas Leiva ranks 101. Before him are Özge Gürel, Antonio Adán, Chiara Ferragni, Karen Gillan, Khatia Buniatishvili, and Jon Jones. After him are Nico Hülkenberg, Mădălina Diana Ghenea, Skin Diamond, Kevin Gameiro, Eljero Elia, and Candice King.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Lucas Leiva ranks 729 out of 2,236. Before him are Alex Barros (1970), Andre Matos (1971), Betinho (1966), Ricardo Zonta (1976), Valmir Louruz (1944), and José Kléberson (1979). After him are Vik Muniz (1961), Raul Boesel (1957), Ariel Nogueira (1910), Fábio (1980), Bruno Barreto (1955), and Ivan Mariz (1910).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Lucas Leiva ranks 381. Before him are Sylvio Hoffmann (1908), Nené (1942), Joel de Oliveira Monteiro (1904), Tinoco (1904), Donato Gama da Silva (1962), and José Kléberson (1979). After him are Ariel Nogueira (1910), Fábio (1980), Ivan Mariz (1910), Walter (1912), Digão (1985), and Alexandre Guimarães (1959).

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