SOCCER PLAYER

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 27,713 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Oceano Cruz is the 3,598th most popular soccer player (up from 3,665th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Cabo Verde and the most popular Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 28k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Oceano Cruzs by language

Over the past year Oceano Cruz has had the most page views in the with 12,022 views, followed by English (6,651), and Persian (5,679). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Arabic (206.10%), Basque (72.35%), and Persian (42.33%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Oceano Cruz ranks 3,598 out of 21,273. Before her are Julio César Baldivieso, Constantino Urbieta Sosa, Ivan Leko, Falcão, Horst Wolter, and Ramón Heredia. After her are Richarlison, José Luis Capón, Masafumi Yokoyama, Alberto Sainz, Paco Alcácer, and Robin Gosens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Oceano Cruz ranks 308. Before her are Jorge Martínez, Vivian Campbell, Danny Faure, Carlos Bernard, Isabelle Nanty, and Ali Smith. After her are Lee Arenberg, Adam Silver, Nasko Sirakov, Jeff Garlin, Aya Kitō, and Aida Turturro.

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In Cabo Verde

Among people born in Cabo Verde, Oceano Cruz ranks 10 out of 23. Before her are José Maria Neves (1960), Jorge Carlos Fonseca (1950), António Mascarenhas Monteiro (1944), Ulisses Correia e Silva (1962), Carlos Veiga (1949), and Arlindo Gomes Furtado (1949). After her are Gualberto do Rosário (1950), Edy Tavares (1992), Rolando (1985), Gelson Martins (1995), Gelson Fernandes (1986), and Babanco (1985).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Cabo Verde

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

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