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Oceano Cruz

1962 - Today

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Oceano Andrade da Cruz (born 29 July 1962), known simply as Oceano, is a Portuguese former professional footballer, currently a manager. A defensive midfielder with tremendous physical strength and leadership skills as his main assets, he was widely regarded as the best footballer ever hailing from Cape Verde, and represented most notably Sporting CP, appearing in more than 400 official matches for the club over 11 seasons (two separate spells). Having earned more than 50 caps for Portugal, Oceano played with his adopted nation at Euro 1996. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oceano Cruz has received more than 28,194 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Oceano Cruz is the 3,666th most popular soccer player (up from 4,082nd in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Cape Verde and the most popular Cape Verdian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 28k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Oceano Cruz ranks 3,666 out of 16,880. Before her are Casiano Delvalle, João Pinto, Ivica Barbarić, Daniel Sturridge, Davor Jozić, and Bryan Roy. After her are Terry Butcher, David Suazo, Christian Lopez, Rudolf Illovszky, Martin Ødegaard, and Sven Bender.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Oceano Cruz ranks 317. Before her are Shinobu Ikeda, Yuri Gidzenko, Noriko Hidaka, Donato Gama da Silva, Július Bielik, and Ivica Barbarić. After her are Kevin J. Anderson, Peter Segal, Mircea Rednic, Nick Rhodes, Tracy Austin, and Janine Turner.

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In Cape Verde

Among people born in Cape Verde, Oceano Cruz ranks 10 out of 22. Before her are Aristides Pereira (1923), António Mascarenhas Monteiro (1944), José Maria Neves (1960), Carlos Veiga (1949), Ulisses Correia e Silva (1962), and Arlindo Gomes Furtado (1949). After her are Gualberto do Rosário (1950), Rolando (1985), Gelson Martins (1995), Edy Tavares (1992), Gelson Fernandes (1986), and Zé Luís (1991).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Cape Verde

Among soccer players born in Cape Verde, Oceano Cruz ranks 1. After her are Rolando (1985), Gelson Martins (1995), Gelson Fernandes (1986), Zé Luís (1991), Djaniny (1991), Júlio Tavares (1988), Ryan Mendes (1990), Jovane Cabral (1998), Babanco (1985), and Vozinha (1986).

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