SOCCER PLAYER

Nicolás Otamendi

1988 - Today

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Nicolás Hernán Gonzalo Otamendi (born 12 February 1988) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for and captains Primeira Liga club Benfica. Otamendi played for Vélez Sarsfield and Porto in his early career, winning eight major titles with Porto, including three Primeira Liga championships and the 2011 Europa League. He signed for Valencia in 2014 and spent four months on loan to Atlético Mineiro of Brazil. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicolás Otamendi has received more than 3,908,845 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Nicolás Otamendi is the 1,356th most popular soccer player (up from 1,527th in 2019), the 233rd most popular biography from Argentina (up from 267th in 2019) and the 95th most popular Argentinean Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 60

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Nicolás Otamendi ranks 1,356 out of 21,273Before him are Santi Cazorla, Aleksandar Mitrović, Sylvain Wiltord, Toni Polster, Ladislav Jurkemik, and Nuri Şahin. After him are Ezzaki Badou, Yevhen Rudakov, Nils Axelsson, Kees Rijvers, Ferenc Hirzer, and Karl Hohmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Nicolás Otamendi ranks 32Before him are Juan Mata, Radja Nainggolan, Juan Cuadrado, Big Sean, Alicia Vikander, and Nuri Şahin. After him are Javier Hernández, Fábio Coentrão, Sasha Grey, Paulinho, Park Seo-joon, and Vanessa Kirby.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Nicolás Otamendi ranks 233 out of 1,154Before him are Osvaldo Pugliese (1905), Maxi López (1984), Norberto Méndez (1923), Juan Antonio Pizzi (1968), Julio Libonatti (1901), and René Houseman (1953). After him are Santiago Solari (1976), Germán Burgos (1969), Carmelo Simeone (1934), Arturo Rawson (1885), José María Guido (1910), and Ricardo Bochini (1954).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Argentina

Among soccer players born in Argentina, Nicolás Otamendi ranks 95Before him are José Sanfilippo (1935), Maxi López (1984), Norberto Méndez (1923), Juan Antonio Pizzi (1968), Julio Libonatti (1901), and René Houseman (1953). After him are Santiago Solari (1976), Germán Burgos (1969), Carmelo Simeone (1934), Ricardo Bochini (1954), Martín Palermo (1973), and Rodolfo Orlandini (1905).