1976 - Today
Paulo César Wanchope Watson (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpawlo wanˈtʃope]; born 31 July 1976), more commonly known as Paulo Wanchope, is a Costa Rican football coach and former professional footballer As a player he was a striker who notably played in the Premier League for Derby County, West Ham United and Manchester City. He also had spells in La Liga and Major League Soccer for Málaga and Chicago Fire as well as Herediano, Al-Gharafa, Rosario Central and FC Tokyo. He was capped 73 times by Costa Rica, scoring 45 goals. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paulo Wanchope has received more than 632,803 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Paulo Wanchope is the 3,430th most popular soccer player (down from 2,749th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Costa Rica (down from 18th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Costa Rican Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Paulo Wanchope ranks 3,430 out of 16,880. Before him are Milinko Pantić, Juan Carlos Oleniak, Eddy Treijtel, Gökhan Inler, Mikaël Silvestre, and Domingo García. After him are Jefferson Farfán, José Naya, Vladimir Kesarev, Alexis Chantraine, Phil Neal, and Corentin Tolisso.
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.90
Rank: 3,424
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 3,425
1946 - Present
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 3,426
1984 - Present
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 3,427
1977 - Present
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 3,428
1904 - 1986
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 3,429
1976 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 3,430
1984 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 3,431
1896 - 1977
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 3,432
1930 - 2015
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 3,433
1901 - 1987
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 3,434
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 3,435
1994 - Present
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 3,436
Among people born in 1976, Paulo Wanchope ranks 180. Before him are Daisuke Namikawa, Violante Placido, Jonathan Brandis, Jaime Murray, Piper Perabo, and Daijiro Kato. After him are Sami Vänskä, Agata Buzek, Anna Friel, Angelos Basinas, Amy Acker, and Ricardo.
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 174
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 175
1976 - 2003
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 176
1976 - Present
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 177
1976 - Present
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 178
1976 - 2003
HPI: 43.90
Rank: 179
1976 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 180
1976 - Present
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 181
1976 - Present
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 182
1976 - Present
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 183
1976 - Present
HPI: 43.70
Rank: 184
1976 - Present
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 185
1976 - Present
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 186
Among people born in Costa Rica, Paulo Wanchope ranks 25 out of 104. Before him are Juan Rafael Mora Porras (1814), José María Castro Madriz (1818), Roberto Gayón (1905), Mario Echandi Jiménez (1915), Juan Mora Fernández (1784), and Daniel Oduber Quirós (1921). After him are Julio Acosta García (1872), José Joaquín Trejos Fernández (1916), Bryan Ruiz (1985), Carlos Alvarado Quesada (1980), Harry Shum Jr. (1982), and Óscar Ramírez (1964).
1814 - 1860
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 19
1818 - 1892
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 20
1905 - Present
HPI: 46.21
Rank: 21
1915 - 2011
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 22
1784 - 1854
HPI: 45.28
Rank: 23
1921 - 1991
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 24
1976 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 25
1872 - 1954
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 26
1916 - 2010
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 27
1985 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 28
1980 - Present
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 29
1982 - Present
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 30
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.70
Rank: 31
Among soccer players born in Costa Rica, Paulo Wanchope ranks 3. Before him are Keylor Navas (1986) and Roberto Gayón (1905). After him are Bryan Ruiz (1985), Óscar Ramírez (1964), Rolando Fonseca (1974), Luis Gabelo Conejo (1960), Hernán Medford (1968), Rónald Gómez (1975), Joel Campbell (1992), Walter Centeno (1974), and Luis Marín (1974).
1986 - Present
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 1
1905 - Present
HPI: 46.21
Rank: 2
1976 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 3
1985 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 4
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.70
Rank: 5
1974 - Present
HPI: 39.17
Rank: 6
1960 - Present
HPI: 39.15
Rank: 7
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.95
Rank: 8
1975 - Present
HPI: 38.81
Rank: 9
1992 - Present
HPI: 38.57
Rank: 10
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.28
Rank: 11
1974 - Present
HPI: 36.44
Rank: 12