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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 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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  • 850k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Paulo Futre ranks 640 out of 16,880Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Paulo Futre ranks 63Before 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.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Paulo Futre ranks 180 out of 555Before 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).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, Paulo Futre ranks 10Before 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).

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