SOCCER PLAYER

Ricardo Carvalho

1978 - Today

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Ricardo Alberto Silveira de Carvalho (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁiˈkaɾðu kɐɾˈvaʎu]; born 18 May 1978) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He was widely regarded as one of the best centre-backs of his generation. Carvalho began his career at Porto, where he had loan spells at Leça, Vitória de Setúbal and Alverca, before winning domestic and European trophies under José Mourinho's management. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ricardo Carvalho has received more than 2,541,785 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Ricardo Carvalho is the 730th most popular soccer player (up from 806th in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 205th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ricardo Carvalho ranks 730 out of 21,273. Before him are Paulo Sousa, Asim Ferhatović, Gianni De Biasi, Peregrino Anselmo, Sérgio Conceição, and Hans van Breukelen. After him are Periko Alonso, Harry Kane, Zlatko Čajkovski, Yasuo Haruyama, Júlio César, and József Zakariás.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Ricardo Carvalho ranks 23. Before him are Lúcio, Olena Zelenska, James Franco, Dejan Stanković, Lionel Scaloni, and Johnny Sins. After him are Kevin Federline, Manny Pacquiao, Katie Holmes, Jensen Ackles, Claudio Pizarro, and Dirk Nowitzki.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Ricardo Carvalho ranks 180 out of 633. Before him are Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira (1669), Camilo Castelo Branco (1825), Joanna, Princess of Portugal (1452), Paulo Sousa (1970), Peter, Constable of Portugal (1429), and Sérgio Conceição (1974). After him are Bartolomeu Perestrello (1400), Luís Fróis (1532), Almeida Garrett (1799), Nuno Gonçalves (1500), Beatrice of Portugal (1347), and Alexandrina of Balazar (1904).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, Ricardo Carvalho ranks 15. Before him are Américo Lopes (1933), Paulo Futre (1966), Vítor Baía (1969), Fernando Gomes (1956), Paulo Sousa (1970), and Sérgio Conceição (1974). After him are Alberto Festa (1939), Paulo Bento (1969), Nuno Gomes (1976), Nani (1986), Pauleta (1973), and Humberto Coelho (1950).

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