SOCCER PLAYER

Paulo Futre

1966 - Today

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Paulo Jorge dos Santos Futre (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpawlu ˈfutɾɨ]; born 28 February 1966) is a Portuguese former footballer who played mostly as a left winger. Widely considered as one of the best players of his generation, after starting his professional career with Sporting, he moved to Porto – winning the 1987 European Cup – after which he embarked in an extensive professional career, having represented clubs in Spain, France, Italy, England and Japan, most notably Atlético Madrid. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paulo Futre has received more than 964,967 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Paulo Futre is the 612th most popular soccer player (up from 640th in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from Portugal (up from 180th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 960k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Paulo Futre ranks 612 out of 21,273. Before him are Dino Sani, Tokizo Ichihashi, Lúcio, Sergio Agüero, Yanosuke Watanabe, and Carlos Kaiser. After him are Luis Carniglia, Branko Stanković, Gianluca Pagliuca, Salif Keïta, Koji Funamoto, and Yasukazu Tanaka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Paulo Futre ranks 51. Before him are Saleh al-Arouri, Cindy Crawford, Zlatko Dalić, Jorge Campos, Christoph Schneider, and Sergey Surovikin. After him are Gianluca Pagliuca, Enrique Peña Nieto, Marco Hietala, Jon Favreau, Rinat Akhmetov, and Sean Harris.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Paulo Futre ranks 163 out of 633. Before him are Gaspar Corte-Real (1450), Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza (1801), Humberto Delgado (1906), Theresa of Portugal, Queen of León (1178), António de Abreu (1480), and João de Barros (1496). After him are Afonso I, Duke of Braganza (1377), Matilda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal (1125), Vítor Baía (1969), Joaquim de Almeida (1957), Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja (1506), and Constance of Portugal (1290).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, Paulo Futre ranks 10. Before him are Rui Costa (1972), Luís Figo (1972), Ricardo Quaresma (1983), Artur Jorge (1946), Félix Mourinho (1938), and Américo Lopes (1933). After him are Vítor Baía (1969), Fernando Gomes (1956), Paulo Sousa (1970), Sérgio Conceição (1974), Ricardo Carvalho (1978), and Alberto Festa (1939).

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