SOCCER PLAYER

Luís Figo

1972 - Today

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Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo (Portuguese pronunciation: [luˈiʃ ˈfiɣu]; born 4 November 1972) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a winger for Sporting CP, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter Milan. He won 127 caps for the Portugal national team, a one-time record, and is considered one of the greatest players of his generation.He won the 2000 Ballon d'Or, 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year, and in 2004 Pelé named him in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players. Figo is one of the few football players to have played for both Spanish rival clubs Barcelona and Real Madrid. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luís Figo has received more than 6,068,192 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Luís Figo is the 229th most popular soccer player (down from 170th in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Portugal (down from 88th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.

Luís Figo is most famous for being a Portuguese footballer and the first Portuguese player to win the Ballon d'Or, in 2000.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 71

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Luís Figos by language

Over the past year Luís Figo has had the most page views in the with 1,200,154 views, followed by Spanish (366,819), and Italian (211,521). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (176.68%), Persian (104.12%), and Georgian (82.61%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Luís Figo ranks 229 out of 21,273. Before him are Wolfgang Overath, Alessandro Costacurta, Rui Costa, Zbigniew Boniek, Dani Alves, and Gaetano Scirea. After him are Marcel Desailly, Diego Forlán, Ștefan Kovács, Raimundo Orsi, Aimé Jacquet, and Karl-Heinz Schnellinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Luís Figo ranks 19. Before him are Jude Law, Pedro Sánchez, Dwayne Johnson, Vanessa Paradis, Queen Letizia of Spain, and Rui Costa. After him are Wentworth Miller, Sofía Vergara, Maia Sandu, Tarkan, Busta Rhymes, and Lisa Ann.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Luís Figo ranks 93 out of 633. Before him are Beatrice of Portugal (1373), Maria Isabel of Braganza (1797), Óscar Carmona (1869), Berengaria of Portugal (1198), Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy (1504), and Rui Costa (1972). After him are Aristides de Sousa Mendes (1885), João Gonçalves Zarco (1390), Gracia Mendes Nasi (1510), Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509), Isabel of Coimbra (1432), and António, Prior of Crato (1531).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, Luís Figo ranks 5. Before him are Cristiano Ronaldo (1985), Fernando Santos (1954), Jorge Jesus (1954), and Rui Costa (1972). After him are Ricardo Quaresma (1983), Artur Jorge (1946), Félix Mourinho (1938), Américo Lopes (1933), Paulo Futre (1966), Vítor Baía (1969), and Fernando Gomes (1956).

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