SOCCER PLAYER

Rafael Leão

1999 - Today

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Rafael Alexandre da Conceição Leão (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁɐfɐˈɛl ˈljɐ̃w]; born 10 June 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Serie A club AC Milan and the Portugal national team. Considered as one of the best wingers in the world, he is known for his dribbling and speed. Graduating from Sporting CP youth system, Leão made his first-team debut in 2018, winning the 2017–18 Taça da Liga, before unilaterally terminating his contract, following an incident involving a mob of ultras fans within the club's facilities. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafael Leão has received more than 3,560,240 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Rafael Leão is the 2,456th most popular soccer player (up from 5,343rd in 2019), the 323rd most popular biography from Portugal (up from 397th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Rafael Leão ranks 2,456 out of 21,273. Before him are Ivan Nielsen, Gyula Lázár, Rudolf Wetzer, Toninho, José Ramón Alexanko, and Giuseppe Giannini. After him are José Piendibene, Ángel Berni, Urs Fischer, Zdravko Rajkov, Glenn Strömberg, and Rudi Assauer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1999, Rafael Leão ranks 6. Before him are João Félix, Brahim Díaz, Reece James, Gianluigi Donnarumma, and Sabrina Carpenter. After him are Ronald Araújo, Andriy Lunin, Matthijs de Ligt, Kai Havertz, Belle Delphine, and Armand Duplantis.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Rafael Leão ranks 323 out of 633. Before him are Estácio de Sá (1520), Pedro Santana Lopes (1956), James of Portugal (1433), Beto (1982), Nelo Vingada (1953), and Diogo Lopes de Sequeira (1465). After him are Costinha (1974), Paulo Ferreira (1979), Bruno Fernandes (1994), Lourenço de Almeida (1480), Dulce Pontes (1969), and Joaquim Carvalho (1937).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, Rafael Leão ranks 44. Before him are Fernando Chalana (1959), João Moutinho (1986), Rui Patrício (1988), Ricardo Sá Pinto (1972), Raul Meireles (1983), and Beto (1982). After him are Costinha (1974), Paulo Ferreira (1979), Bruno Fernandes (1994), Joaquim Carvalho (1937), Rui Vitória (1970), and Jaime Pacheco (1958).

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