1977 - Today
Nuno Ricardo de Oliveira Ribeiro (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 689,947 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Maniche is the 1,498th most popular soccer player (down from 1,496th in 2019), the 263rd most popular biography from Portugal (down from 244th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among soccer players, Maniche ranks 1,498 out of 16,880. Before him are Željko Perušić, Arnold Badjou, Horst Szymaniak, Naoemon Shimizu, Savo Milošević, and Hakan Yakin. After him are Mykhaylo Fomenko, Billy Meredith, István Nyers, Blaise Matuidi, Rogelio Domínguez, and Serginho Chulapa.
1936 - 2017
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 1,492
1909 - 1994
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 1,493
1934 - 2009
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 1,494
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 1,495
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 1,496
1977 - Present
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 1,497
1977 - Present
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 1,498
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 1,499
1874 - 1958
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 1,500
1924 - 2005
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 1,501
1987 - Present
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 1,502
1931 - 2004
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 1,503
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 1,504
Among people born in 1977, Maniche ranks 61. Before him are Janne Ahonen, Willy Sagnol, Fabio Grosso, Caterina Murino, Ludacris, and Hakan Yakin. After him are Denílson de Oliveira Araújo, Peter Phillips, Hayko, Christian Abbiati, Hiro Mashima, and Takuma Sato.
1977 - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 55
1977 - Present
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 56
1977 - Present
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 57
1977 - Present
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 58
1977 - Present
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 59
1977 - Present
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 60
1977 - Present
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 61
1977 - Present
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 62
1977 - Present
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 63
1977 - 2021
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 64
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 65
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 66
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 67
Among people born in Portugal, Maniche ranks 263 out of 555. Before him are Jorge de Montemor (1520), Marcos Portugal (1762), Manuel Bento (1948), Bruno Alves (1981), Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal (1509), and Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage (1765). After him are António Simões (1943), Guilhermina Suggia (1885), Fernão Lopes (1385), Nadir Afonso (1920), Manuel Clemente (1948), and João de Loureiro (1717).
1520 - 1561
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 257
1762 - 1830
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 258
1948 - 2007
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 259
1981 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 260
1509 - 1540
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 261
1765 - 1805
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 262
1977 - Present
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 263
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 264
1885 - 1950
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 265
1385 - 1458
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 266
1920 - 2013
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 267
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 268
1717 - 1791
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 269
Among soccer players born in Portugal, Maniche ranks 26. Before him are Fernando Couto (1969), Humberto Coelho (1950), José Torres (1938), José Costa (1953), Manuel Bento (1948), and Bruno Alves (1981). After him are António Simões (1943), Nené (1949), João Pinto (1971), Vítor Pereira (1968), Tiago Mendes (1981), and José Augusto (1937).
1969 - Present
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 20
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 21
1938 - 2010
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 22
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 23
1948 - 2007
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 24
1981 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 25
1977 - Present
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 26
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 27
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 28
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 29
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 30
1981 - Present
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 31
1937 - Present
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 32