1985 - Today
Rafael López Gómez (Spanish pronunciation: [rafaˈel ˈlopeθ ˈɣomeθ]; born 9 April 1985), known as Rafa, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a central defender. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafa has received more than 55,103 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Rafa is the 13,199th most popular soccer player (up from 14,149th in 2019), the 2,760th most popular biography from Spain (down from 2,570th in 2019) and the 840th most popular Spanish Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Rafa ranks 13,199 out of 16,880. Before him are Takeshi Nakashima, Shingo Akamine, Felix Wiedwald, Gilles Sunu, Wanderson, and Itumeleng Khune. After him are Eddie Lewis, Romero Frank, Paulo Vitor Barreto, Diego Macedo, Nuno Morais, and Mikel Labaka.
1976 - Present
HPI: 25.11
Rank: 13,193
1983 - Present
HPI: 25.11
Rank: 13,194
1990 - Present
HPI: 25.11
Rank: 13,195
1991 - Present
HPI: 25.11
Rank: 13,196
1994 - Present
HPI: 25.10
Rank: 13,197
1987 - Present
HPI: 25.10
Rank: 13,198
1985 - Present
HPI: 25.10
Rank: 13,199
1974 - Present
HPI: 25.10
Rank: 13,200
1987 - Present
HPI: 25.10
Rank: 13,201
1985 - Present
HPI: 25.10
Rank: 13,202
1987 - Present
HPI: 25.09
Rank: 13,203
1984 - Present
HPI: 25.09
Rank: 13,204
1980 - Present
HPI: 25.09
Rank: 13,205
Among people born in 1985, Rafa ranks 1,073. Before him are Kamil Zayatte, Collins John, Rodrigo Tiuí, Robert Arzumanyan, Tobias Weis, and José Herrada. After him are Paulo Vitor Barreto, Loui Eriksson, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, Mikhail Kuznetsov, Chan Chin-wei, and Drissa Diakité.
1985 - Present
HPI: 25.20
Rank: 1,067
1985 - Present
HPI: 25.18
Rank: 1,068
1985 - Present
HPI: 25.16
Rank: 1,069
1985 - Present
HPI: 25.15
Rank: 1,070
1985 - Present
HPI: 25.14
Rank: 1,071
1985 - Present
HPI: 25.11
Rank: 1,072
1985 - Present
HPI: 25.10
Rank: 1,073
1985 - Present
HPI: 25.10
Rank: 1,074
1985 - Present
HPI: 25.07
Rank: 1,075
1985 - Present
HPI: 25.06
Rank: 1,076
1985 - Present
HPI: 25.06
Rank: 1,077
1985 - Present
HPI: 25.06
Rank: 1,078
1985 - Present
HPI: 25.05
Rank: 1,079
Among people born in Spain, Rafa ranks 2,760 out of 2,932. Before him are Anna Cruz (1986), Carlos Fernández (1996), Tania Lamarca (1980), Nerea Camacho (1996), Antonio Amaya (1983), and José Herrada (1985). After him are Mikel Labaka (1980), Nely Carla Alberto (1983), Verónica Cuadrado (1979), Chechu Dorado (1982), Jorge Cuenca (1999), and Javier Aramendia (1986).
1986 - Present
HPI: 25.23
Rank: 2,754
1996 - Present
HPI: 25.21
Rank: 2,755
1980 - Present
HPI: 25.17
Rank: 2,756
1996 - Present
HPI: 25.13
Rank: 2,757
1983 - Present
HPI: 25.12
Rank: 2,758
1985 - Present
HPI: 25.11
Rank: 2,759
1985 - Present
HPI: 25.10
Rank: 2,760
1980 - Present
HPI: 25.09
Rank: 2,761
1983 - Present
HPI: 25.08
Rank: 2,762
1979 - Present
HPI: 25.04
Rank: 2,763
1982 - Present
HPI: 25.03
Rank: 2,764
1999 - Present
HPI: 24.99
Rank: 2,765
1986 - Present
HPI: 24.97
Rank: 2,766
Among soccer players born in Spain, Rafa ranks 840. Before him are Tito (1985), Jonathan Pereira Rodríguez (1987), Pablo Couñago (1979), Moisés Hurtado (1981), Carlos Fernández (1996), and Antonio Amaya (1983). After him are Mikel Labaka (1980), Chechu Dorado (1982), Jorge Cuenca (1999), David Cobeño (1982), Adrián Colunga (1984), and Manu García (1998).
1985 - Present
HPI: 25.34
Rank: 834
1987 - Present
HPI: 25.34
Rank: 835
1979 - Present
HPI: 25.32
Rank: 836
1981 - Present
HPI: 25.30
Rank: 837
1996 - Present
HPI: 25.21
Rank: 838
1983 - Present
HPI: 25.12
Rank: 839
1985 - Present
HPI: 25.10
Rank: 840
1980 - Present
HPI: 25.09
Rank: 841
1982 - Present
HPI: 25.03
Rank: 842
1999 - Present
HPI: 24.99
Rank: 843
1982 - Present
HPI: 24.97
Rank: 844
1984 - Present
HPI: 24.96
Rank: 845
1998 - Present
HPI: 24.93
Rank: 846