SOCCER PLAYER

Rafa

1985 - Today

Rafa

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 54,408 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Rafa is the 14,690th most popular soccer player (down from 13,182nd in 2019), the 3,073rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 2,757th in 2019) and the 961st most popular Spanish Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

54k
Page Views (PV)
28.14
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
18
Languages Editions (L)
5.45
Effective Languages (L*)
1.92
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Rafas by language

Over the past year Rafa has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 5,828 views, followed by Spanish (1,725), and Russian (861). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (132.95%), Tajik (68.72%), and English (38.96%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Rafa ranks 14,690 out of 21,273. Before him are Adolfo Machado, Hernán Rengifo, Syarhey Kislyak, Satoru Yoshida, Miguel Samudio, and Alan McLoughlin. After him are Bernard Parker, Carlo Zotti, Cicinho, Alexandre Silva Cleyton, Giulio Migliaccio, and Jhasmani Campos.

Most Popular Soccer Players in Wikipedia

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Adolfo Machado
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.15
Rank: 14,684
Hernán Rengifo
1983 - Present
HPI: 28.15
Rank: 14,685
Syarhey Kislyak
1987 - Present
HPI: 28.14
Rank: 14,686
Satoru Yoshida
1970 - Present
HPI: 28.14
Rank: 14,687
Miguel Samudio
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.14
Rank: 14,688
Alan McLoughlin
1967 - 2021
HPI: 28.14
Rank: 14,689
Rafa
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.14
Rank: 14,690
Bernard Parker
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.14
Rank: 14,691
Carlo Zotti
1982 - Present
HPI: 28.14
Rank: 14,692
Cicinho
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.14
Rank: 14,693
Alexandre Silva Cleyton
1983 - Present
HPI: 28.13
Rank: 14,694
Giulio Migliaccio
1981 - Present
HPI: 28.13
Rank: 14,695
Jhasmani Campos
1988 - Present
HPI: 28.13
Rank: 14,696

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Rafa ranks 1,073. Before him are Milan Purović, Jorginho, Jeremy Abbott, Adolfo Machado, Kim Jong-hyun, and Christine Nesbitt. After him are Maria Kristin Yulianti, Maartje Paumen, Nikola Rađen, Tony Jeffries, Maxim Belkov, and Ashley Harkleroad.

Others Born in 1985

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Milan Purović
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.18
Rank: 1,067
Jorginho
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.17
Rank: 1,068
Jeremy Abbott
SKATER
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.16
Rank: 1,069
Adolfo Machado
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.15
Rank: 1,070
Kim Jong-hyun
ATHLETE
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.14
Rank: 1,071
Christine Nesbitt
SKATER
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.14
Rank: 1,072
Rafa
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.14
Rank: 1,073
Maria Kristin Yulianti
BADMINTON PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.14
Rank: 1,074
Maartje Paumen
ATHLETE
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.14
Rank: 1,075
Nikola Rađen
ATHLETE
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.13
Rank: 1,076
Tony Jeffries
BOXER
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.13
Rank: 1,077
Maxim Belkov
CYCLIST
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.09
Rank: 1,078
Ashley Harkleroad
TENNIS PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.08
Rank: 1,079