SOCCER PLAYER

Nuno Gomes

1976 - Today

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Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro (born 5 July 1976), known as Nuno Gomes, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was given the nickname Gomes during childhood after Fernando Gomes, and was regarded as one of the country's most recognisable attacking players in the 1990s and 2000s; he consistently scored for both club and country, and was also capable of being a good link-up player, accumulating a number of assists throughout his career, which was spent mainly with Benfica, for which he netted 166 goals in 398 games over the course of 12 seasons.Gomes represented Portugal in two World Cups and three European Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nuno Gomes has received more than 866,840 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. Nuno Gomes is the 901st most popular soccer player (down from 830th in 2019), the 206th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 211th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 870k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Nuno Gomes by language

Over the past year Nuno Gomes has had the most page views in the with 91,139 views, followed by Portuguese (33,392), and French (20,763). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (151.67%), Simple English (92.04%), and Catalan (75.75%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Nuno Gomes ranks 901 out of 21,273Before him are Takao Nishiyama, Franky Van der Elst, Géza Kalocsay, Marcel Koller, Sergei Aleinikov, and Roger Piantoni. After him are Toni Turek, Erich Ribbeck, Pahiño, Faas Wilkes, Ernst Ocwirk, and Krasimir Balakov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Nuno Gomes ranks 38Before him are Mauro Camoranesi, Abiy Ahmed, Álvaro Recoba, Tony Jaa, Nurgül Yeşilçay, and Sam Worthington. After him are Fedor Emelianenko, Damir Skomina, Alexander Skarsgård, Michelle Monaghan, Alicia Silverstone, and Marcelo Gallardo.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Nuno Gomes ranks 206 out of 633Before him are Paulo Bento (1969), Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza (1568), José Sócrates (1957), Infanta Benedita of Portugal (1746), Duarte Pacheco Pereira (1460), and Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria of Braganza (1806). After him are John de Britto (1647), Nani (1986), Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Aragon (1328), Nuno Tristão (1500), Pauleta (1973), and Fernando II, Duke of Braganza (1430).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, Nuno Gomes ranks 18Before him are Fernando Gomes (1956), Paulo Sousa (1970), Sérgio Conceição (1974), Ricardo Carvalho (1978), Alberto Festa (1939), and Paulo Bento (1969). After him are Nani (1986), Pauleta (1973), Humberto Coelho (1950), João Cancelo (1994), Manuel Bento (1948), and Fernando Couto (1969).