1983 - Today
Kepler Laveran de Lima Ferreira (born 26 February 1983), known as Pepe (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈpɛpi]), is a Brazilian-Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and defensive-midfielder for Porto, which he captains, and the Portugal national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders of his generation.During his professional career, Pepe played for Marítimo, Porto, Real Madrid, and Beşiktaş, with individual and team success with the middle two clubs. He won three La Liga titles, three UEFA Champions League titles, two Copa del Rey titles and played 334 games for Real Madrid. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pepe has received more than 336,505 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Pepe is the 348th most popular soccer player (up from 523rd in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 130th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Pepe ranks 348 out of 16,880. Before him are Ivo Viktor, Elías Figueroa, Deco, Jean Djorkaeff, Osamu Yamaji, and Marco Materazzi. After him are Vladimir Beara, Ernesto Valverde, Henri Delaunay, Kinjiro Shimizu, Shumpei Inoue, and Uli Stielike.
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 342
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 343
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 344
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 345
1929 - Present
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 346
1973 - Present
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 347
1983 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 348
1928 - 2014
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 349
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 350
1883 - 1955
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 351
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 352
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 353
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 354
Among people born in 1983, Pepe ranks 11. Before him are Franck Ribéry, Andrew Garfield, Edward Snowden, Katrina Kaif, Emily Blunt, and Henry Cavill. After him are Robin van Persie, Ricardo Quaresma, Donald Glover, Philipp Lahm, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, and Adam Driver.
1983 - Present
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 5
1983 - Present
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 6
1983 - Present
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 7
1983 - Present
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 8
1983 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 9
1983 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 10
1983 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 11
1983 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 12
1983 - Present
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 13
1983 - Present
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 14
1983 - Present
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 15
1983 - Present
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 16
1983 - Present
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 17
Among people born in Brazil, Pepe ranks 108 out of 2,067. Before him are Chico Mendes (1944), Mauro Ramos (1930), Tiradentes (1746), Mário de Andrade (1893), Dida (1973), and Deco (1977). After him are Carlos Pace (1944), Robinho (1984), Telê Santana (1931), Toninho Cerezo (1955), Marcelo (1988), and Elis Regina (1945).
1944 - 1988
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 102
1930 - 2002
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 103
1746 - 1792
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 104
1893 - 1945
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 105
1973 - Present
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 106
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 107
1983 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 108
1944 - 1977
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 109
1984 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 110
1931 - 2006
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 111
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 112
1988 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 113
1945 - 1982
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 114
Among soccer players born in Brazil, Pepe ranks 44. Before him are Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório (1943), Dunga (1963), Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior (1954), Mauro Ramos (1930), Dida (1973), and Deco (1977). After him are Robinho (1984), Telê Santana (1931), Toninho Cerezo (1955), Marcelo (1988), Juninho Pernambucano (1975), and Cláudio Taffarel (1966).
1943 - 2019
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 38
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 39
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 40
1930 - 2002
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 41
1973 - Present
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 42
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 43
1983 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 44
1984 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 45
1931 - 2006
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 46
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 47
1988 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 48
1975 - Present
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 49
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 50