SOCCER PLAYER

Neymar

1992 - Today

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Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (Brazilian Portuguese: [nejˈmaʁ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ ˈsɐ̃tus ˈʒũɲoʁ]; born 5 February 1992), known as Neymar, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Brazil national team. He is widely regarded as one of the best players in the world.Neymar came into prominence at Santos, where he made his professional debut aged 17. He helped the club win two successive Campeonato Paulista championships, a Copa do Brasil, and the 2011 Copa Libertadores; the latter being Santos' first since 1963. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neymar has received more than 24,169,753 page views. His biography is available in 101 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 98 in 2019). Neymar is the 179th most popular soccer player (down from 121st in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from Brazil (down from 59th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 24M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 101

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Neymar ranks 179 out of 16,923. Before him are Kiyoo Kanda, Vahid Halilhodžić, Carles Rexach, Dražan Jerković, Yoshio Okada, and Ruud Krol. After him are Shiro Misaki, Dennis Bergkamp, Felix Magath, Michel Hidalgo, Yoshio Furukawa, and Tostão.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1992, Neymar ranks 1. After him are Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, Philippe Coutinho, Park Chanyeol, Mario Götze, Marc-André ter Stegen, Thibaut Courtois, Phil Jones, Taylor Lautner, Cara Delevingne, and Freddie Highmore.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Neymar ranks 71 out of 1,947. Before him are Fernanda Montenegro (1929), Cafu (1970), Moacir Barbosa Nascimento (1921), Vicente Feola (1909), Zumbi (1655), and Zizinho (1921). After him are Tostão (1947), Careca (1960), João Goulart (1918), Leonardo Boff (1938), Amarildo Tavares da Silveira (1939), and Deodoro da Fonseca (1827).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Neymar ranks 31. Before him are Ademir de Menezes (1922), Gérson (1941), Kaká (1982), Cafu (1970), Moacir Barbosa Nascimento (1921), and Zizinho (1921). After him are Tostão (1947), Careca (1960), Amarildo Tavares da Silveira (1939), Jair Marinho (1936), Pepe (1935), and Hilderaldo Bellini (1930).

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