1966 - Today
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 847,922 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 51 in 2019). Paulo Futre is the 640th most popular soccer player (down from 504th in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 138th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Paulo Futre ranks 640 out of 16,880. Before him are Carlos José Castilho, Luis Cubilla, Clodoaldo, Enrico Albertosi, Giorgio Chinaglia, and Javier Mascherano. After him are Cesc Fàbregas, Hideo Shinojima, Jay-Jay Okocha, Ferenc Plattkó, Sami Khedira, and Phil Jones.
1927 - 1987
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 634
1940 - 2013
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 635
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 636
1939 - Present
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 637
1947 - 2012
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 638
1984 - Present
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 639
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 640
1987 - Present
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 641
1910 - 1975
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 642
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 643
1898 - 1983
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 644
1987 - Present
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 645
1992 - Present
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 646
Among people born in 1966, Paulo Futre ranks 63. Before him are Sean Harris, Jorge Campos, Mika Salo, Qusay Hussein, Marco Hietala, and Cynthia Nixon. After him are Christian Lorenz, Enzo Scifo, Gianluca Pagliuca, Christoph Schneider, Matthew Fox, and Dany Boon.
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 57
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 58
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 59
1966 - 2003
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 60
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 61
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 62
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 63
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 64
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 65
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 66
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 67
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 68
1966 - Present
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 69
Among people born in Portugal, Paulo Futre ranks 180 out of 555. Before him are Infanta Maria of Guimarães (1538), Almeida Garrett (1799), Eduardo Souto de Moura (1952), Nuno Tristão (1500), Cristóvão da Gama (1516), and José Mendes Cabeçadas (1883). After him are Gaius Appuleius Diocles (104), Luís Fróis (1532), Theresa of Portugal, Countess of Flanders (1157), José Saraiva Martins (1932), Manuel de Arriaga (1840), and Nani (1986).
1538 - 1577
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 174
1799 - 1854
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 175
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 176
1500 - 1446
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 177
1516 - 1542
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 178
1883 - 1965
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 179
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 180
104 - Present
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 181
1532 - 1597
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 182
1157 - 1218
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 183
1932 - Present
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 184
1840 - 1917
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 185
1986 - Present
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 186
Among soccer players born in Portugal, Paulo Futre ranks 10. Before him are Jorge Jesus (1954), Rui Costa (1972), Artur Jorge (1946), Ricardo Quaresma (1983), Félix Mourinho (1938), and Paulo Sousa (1970). After him are Nani (1986), Vítor Baía (1969), Pauleta (1973), Ricardo Carvalho (1978), Sérgio Conceição (1974), and Nuno Gomes (1976).
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 4
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 5
1946 - 2024
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 6
1983 - Present
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 7
1938 - 2017
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 8
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 9
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 10
1986 - Present
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 11
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 12
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 13
1978 - Present
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 14
1974 - Present
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 15
1976 - Present
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 16