1979 - Today
Paulo Renato Rebocho Ferreira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpawlu fɨˈʁɐjɾɐ]; born 18 January 1979) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a full-back. He is an assistant coach of French Ligue 1 club Lille. After starting out at Estoril, he went on to spend the vast majority of his 16-year professional career with Porto and Chelsea, signing with the latter in 2004 for €20 million. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paulo Ferreira has received more than 826,186 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Paulo Ferreira is the 2,378th most popular soccer player (up from 2,549th in 2019), the 305th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 284th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Paulo Ferreira ranks 2,378 out of 16,880. Before him are Dario Šimić, Francisco Garza Gutiérrez, Pietro Pastore, Alberto Soria, Eliseo Prado, and Ibrahim Biogradlić. After him are Eberardo Villalobos, Léon Glovacki, Severino Reija, Vladimir Muntyan, Humberto Tozzi, and Constantin Rădulescu.
1975 - Present
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 2,372
1904 - 1965
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 2,373
1908 - 1968
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 2,374
1906 - 1980
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 2,375
1929 - 2016
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 2,376
1931 - 2015
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 2,377
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 2,378
1908 - 1964
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 2,379
1928 - 2009
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 2,380
1938 - Present
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 2,381
1946 - Present
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 2,382
1934 - 1980
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 2,383
1896 - 1981
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 2,384
Among people born in 1979, Paulo Ferreira ranks 83. Before him are Juan, Jay Chou, Tang Wei, Phil Heath, Anna Torv, and Sean Parker. After him are Céline Tran, Cote de Pablo, Pete Doherty, Bae Doona, Ivo Karlović, and Simão Sabrosa.
1979 - Present
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 77
1979 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 78
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 79
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 80
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 81
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 82
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 83
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 84
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 85
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 86
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 87
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 88
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.17
Rank: 89
Among people born in Portugal, Paulo Ferreira ranks 305 out of 555. Before him are Infanta Maria da Assunção of Braganza (1805), Manuel Alegre (1936), Nelo Vingada (1953), Ferreira de Castro (1898), Beto (1982), and Eduardo Lourenço (1923). After him are Nuno Bettencourt (1966), Hugo Almeida (1984), João Moutinho (1986), Rui Vitória (1970), Carlos Mota Pinto (1936), and Simão Sabrosa (1979).
1805 - 1834
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 299
1936 - Present
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 300
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 301
1898 - 1974
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 302
1982 - Present
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 303
1923 - 2020
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 304
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 305
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 306
1984 - Present
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 307
1986 - Present
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 308
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 309
1936 - 1985
HPI: 46.21
Rank: 310
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.17
Rank: 311
Among soccer players born in Portugal, Paulo Ferreira ranks 37. Before him are Tiago Mendes (1981), José Augusto (1937), Raul Meireles (1983), Rui Patrício (1988), Bruno Fernandes (1994), and Beto (1982). After him are Hugo Almeida (1984), João Moutinho (1986), Rui Vitória (1970), Simão Sabrosa (1979), Costinha (1974), and Ricardo Sá Pinto (1972).
1981 - Present
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 31
1937 - Present
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 32
1983 - Present
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 33
1988 - Present
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 34
1994 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 35
1982 - Present
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 36
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 37
1984 - Present
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 38
1986 - Present
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 39
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 40
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.17
Rank: 41
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 42
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 43