1978 - 2020
Papa Bouba Diop (28 January 1978 – 29 November 2020) was a Senegalese professional footballer. His preferred position was as a defensive midfielder, but he could also play as a centre-back, where he played at Lens. Diop was considered a physically strong and aggressive player. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Papa Bouba Diop has received more than 1,453,046 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Papa Bouba Diop is the 2,356th most popular soccer player (up from 4,391st in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Senegal (up from 30th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Senegalese Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Papa Bouba Diop ranks 2,356 out of 16,880. Before him are Alexandru Borbely, Hugo Sotil, František Šafránek, Francisco Sá, Ado, and Edinho. After him are August Hellemans, Mauricio Pellegrino, Ansu Fati, Rildo da Costa Menezes, Dani Güiza, and Torbjörn Nilsson.
1910 - 1987
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 2,350
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 2,351
1931 - 1987
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 2,352
1945 - Present
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 2,353
1946 - Present
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 2,354
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 2,355
1978 - 2020
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 2,356
1907 - 1992
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 2,357
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 2,358
2002 - Present
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 2,359
1942 - 2021
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 2,360
1980 - Present
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 2,361
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 2,362
Among people born in 1978, Papa Bouba Diop ranks 86. Before him are Marko Pantelić, Jukka Nevalainen, Lila Tretikov, Chris Andersen, Louis Saha, and Ginnifer Goodwin. After him are Jason Biggs, James Corden, Ben McKenzie, Justin Bartha, Emppu Vuorinen, and Okan Yalabık. Among people deceased in 2020, Papa Bouba Diop ranks 395. Before him are Pim Doesburg, Dino da Costa, Spencer Davis, Hadi Khosroshahi, Fernando Atzori, and James E. Gunn. After him are Irena Veisaitė, Wolfgang Clement, Eduardo Lourenço, Ryo Kawasaki, Norbert Blüm, and Agathonas Iakovidis.
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 80
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 81
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 82
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 83
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 84
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 85
1978 - 2020
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 86
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 87
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 88
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 89
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 90
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 91
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 92
1943 - 2020
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 389
1931 - 2020
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 390
1939 - 2020
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 391
1939 - 2020
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 392
1942 - 2020
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 393
1923 - 2020
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 394
1978 - 2020
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 395
1928 - 2020
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 396
1940 - 2020
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 397
1923 - 2020
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 398
1947 - 2020
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 399
1935 - 2020
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 400
1955 - 2020
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 401
Among people born in Senegal, Papa Bouba Diop ranks 19 out of 114. Before him are Sadio Mané (1992), Mariama Bâ (1929), Aliou Cissé (1976), Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow (1921), Didier Raoult (1952), and Mame Madior Boye (1940). After him are Théodore-Adrien Sarr (1936), Mahammed Dionne (1959), El Hadji Diouf (1981), Idrissa Gueye (1989), Aminata Sow Fall (1941), and Birago Diop (1908).
1992 - Present
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 13
1929 - 1981
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 14
1976 - Present
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 15
1921 - Present
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 16
1952 - Present
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 17
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 18
1978 - 2020
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 19
1936 - Present
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 20
1959 - Present
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 21
1981 - Present
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 22
1989 - Present
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 23
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 24
1908 - 1989
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 25
Among soccer players born in Senegal, Papa Bouba Diop ranks 6. Before him are Jean-Pierre Adams (1948), Patrick Vieira (1976), Patrice Evra (1981), Sadio Mané (1992), and Aliou Cissé (1976). After him are El Hadji Diouf (1981), Idrissa Gueye (1989), Ibrahim Ba (1973), Henri Camara (1977), Mamadou Niang (1979), and Khalilou Fadiga (1974).
1948 - 2021
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 1
1976 - Present
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 2
1981 - Present
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 3
1992 - Present
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 4
1976 - Present
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 5
1978 - 2020
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 6
1981 - Present
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 7
1989 - Present
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 8
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 9
1977 - Present
HPI: 43.98
Rank: 10
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 11
1974 - Present
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 12