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SOCCER PLAYER

Luigi Riva

1944 - 2024

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Luigi "Gigi" Riva (Italian: [luˈiːdʒi ˈriːva]; 7 November 1944 – 22 January 2024) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a centre-forward. Considered to be one of the best players of his generation, as well as one of the greatest strikers of all time, Riva enjoyed a remarkable scoring record for Cagliari, thanks to his composure in front of goal, powerful left foot and aerial ability; his speed, strength and eye for goal led the Italian journalist Gianni Brera to nickname him "Rombo di Tuono" (Roar of Thunder). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luigi Riva has received more than 616,250 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Luigi Riva is the 117th most popular soccer player (down from 114th in 2019), the 1,004th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,022nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Italian Soccer Player.

Luigi Riva is most famous for being a professional football player who played for the Italian national team.

Memorability Metrics

  • 620k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Luigi Riva ranks 117 out of 16,880. Before him are Neymar, Dani Alves, Filippo Inzaghi, Nils Liedholm, Fernando Santos, and Kunishige Kamamoto. After him are Lucien Laurent, Bobby Robson, Carles Puyol, Cafu, Ko Arima, and Kaká.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Luigi Riva ranks 57. Before him are John Rhys-Davies, Nǃxau ǂToma, Jane Hawking, Kunishige Kamamoto, François Cevert, and Jean-Pierre Léaud. After him are Abdul Hamid, R. Lee Ermey, John Holmes, Rudy Giuliani, Jonathan Demme, and Bora Milutinović. Among people deceased in 2024, Luigi Riva ranks 9. Before him are Sebastián Piñera, Arno Allan Penzias, Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, Frank Farian, Niklaus Wirth, and Carl Weathers. After him are Johan Galtung, Kurt Hamrin, Hage Geingob, Alexei Navalny, Andreas Brehme, and Seiji Ozawa.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luigi Riva ranks 1,004 out of 4,668. Before him are Niccolò Piccinni (1728), Valerius Maximus (-100), Romuald (951), Ibycus (-600), Franco Columbu (1941), and Liutprand of Cremona (922). After him are Mirella Freni (1935), Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan (1470), Constance of Sicily, Queen of Aragon (1249), Francesco Albani (1578), Roberto Cavalli (1940), and Rosalba Carriera (1673).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Luigi Riva ranks 15. Before him are Gianluigi Buffon (1978), Francesco Totti (1976), Roberto Mancini (1964), Franco Baresi (1960), Fabio Cannavaro (1973), and Filippo Inzaghi (1973). After him are Alessandro Del Piero (1974), Sandro Mazzola (1942), Giampiero Boniperti (1928), Andrea Pirlo (1979), Antonio Conte (1969), and Vittorio Pozzo (1886).

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