1977 - Today
Nuno Ricardo de Oliveira Ribeiro OIH (born 11 November 1977), known as Maniche (European Portuguese: [maˈniʃ]), is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He played top flight football in Portugal, Russia, England, Spain, Italy and Germany, and in 2004 he helped Porto win the Champions League, one of eight trophies conquered with that club. He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 177 matches and 31 goals, during seven seasons. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maniche has received more than 551,361 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Maniche is the 1,498th most popular soccer player (up from 1,559th in 2019), the 244th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 217th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Maniche ranks 1,498 out of 16,923. Before him are Casemiro, René Llense, Cayetano Ré, Giorgio Ferrini, Enrico Chiesa, and Uwe Bein. After him are Ricardo Bochini, Heriberto Herrera, Afonsinho, Joel Antônio Martins, Edmílson, and Władysław Żmuda.
1992 - Present
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 1,492
1913 - 2014
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 1,493
1938 - 2013
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 1,494
1939 - 1976
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 1,495
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 1,496
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 1,497
1977 - Present
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 1,498
1954 - Present
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 1,499
1926 - 1996
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 1,500
1914 - 1997
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 1,501
1931 - 2003
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 1,502
1976 - Present
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 1,503
1954 - Present
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 1,504
Among people born in 1977, Maniche ranks 56. Before him are Ludacris, Massimo Ambrosini, Marek Jankulovski, Denílson de Oliveira Araújo, Arash, and Matt Bomer. After him are Vince Carter, Zachary Quinto, Matt Czuchry, Peter Phillips, Matthias Schoenaerts, and William Gallas.
1977 - Present
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 50
1977 - Present
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 51
1977 - Present
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 52
1977 - Present
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 53
1977 - Present
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 54
1977 - Present
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 55
1977 - Present
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 56
1977 - Present
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 57
1977 - Present
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 58
1977 - Present
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 59
1977 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 60
1977 - Present
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 61
1977 - Present
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 62
Among people born in Portugal, Maniche ranks 244 out of 479. Before him are António Ferreira (1528), Nadir Afonso (1920), António Ribeiro (1928), Jorge de Montemor (1520), Diogo Freitas do Amaral (1941), and Paulo Bento (1969). After him are Carlos do Carmo (1939), Fábio Coentrão (1988), Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira (1888), João do Canto e Castro (1862), José Malhoa (1855), and Bruno Alves (1981).
1528 - 1569
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 238
1920 - 2013
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 239
1928 - 1998
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 240
1520 - 1561
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 241
1941 - 2019
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 242
1969 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 243
1977 - Present
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 244
1939 - 2021
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 245
1988 - Present
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 246
1888 - 1977
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 247
1862 - 1934
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 248
1855 - 1933
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 249
1981 - Present
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 250
Among soccer players born in Portugal, Maniche ranks 22. Before him are Sérgio Conceição (1974), Nani (1986), Fernando Couto (1969), Manuel Bento (1948), José Torres (1938), and Paulo Bento (1969). After him are Fábio Coentrão (1988), Bruno Alves (1981), António Simões (1943), José Augusto (1937), Humberto Coelho (1950), and Tiago Mendes (1981).
1974 - Present
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 16
1986 - Present
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 17
1969 - Present
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 18
1948 - 2007
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 19
1938 - 2010
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 20
1969 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 21
1977 - Present
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 22
1988 - Present
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 23
1981 - Present
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 24
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 25
1937 - Present
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 26
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 27
1981 - Present
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 28