1981 - Today
Ricardo Miguel Moreira da Costa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁiˈkaɾðu ˈkɔʃtɐ]; born 16 May 1981) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a central defender but occasionally as a full-back. After making his senior debut with Porto (where he was only a reserve) he went on to play in Germany, France, Spain, Qatar, Greece and Switzerland mainly spending several years with Valencia in the third country. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ricardo Costa has received more than 11,861 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Ricardo Costa is the 4,352nd most popular soccer player (down from 3,980th in 2019), the 371st most popular biography from Portugal (down from 327th in 2019) and the 71st most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Ricardo Costa ranks 4,352 out of 16,880. Before him are Terry Paine, Jordi Roura, Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, Kwadwo Asamoah, Eric Bailly, and Ismael Urzaiz. After him are Bart McGhee, Carlos Squeo, Arminas Narbekovas, Jeffrén Suárez, Giuseppe Rossi, and Tranquillo Barnetta.
1939 - Present
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 4,346
1967 - Present
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 4,347
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 4,348
1988 - Present
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 4,349
1994 - Present
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 4,350
1971 - Present
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 4,351
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 4,352
1899 - 1979
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 4,353
1948 - 2019
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 4,354
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 4,355
1988 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 4,356
1987 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 4,357
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 4,358
Among people born in 1981, Ricardo Costa ranks 188. Before him are Mélanie Thierry, Natalie Horler, Caterina Scorsone, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, Sandra Sánchez, and Cléber Santana. After him are Lee Jin-wook, Ko Shibasaki, Mathias Lauda, Mladen Petrić, Han Hye-jin, and Amy Schumer.
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.73
Rank: 182
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.69
Rank: 183
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.68
Rank: 184
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.60
Rank: 185
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.60
Rank: 186
1981 - 2016
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 187
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 188
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.51
Rank: 189
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 190
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 191
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 192
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.23
Rank: 193
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 194
Among people born in Portugal, Ricardo Costa ranks 371 out of 555. Before him are Nuno Valente (1974), Beto (1976), Mário de Noronha (1885), Hilário (1975), Eduardo Carvalho (1982), and Teresa Salgueiro (1969). After him are Olegário Benquerença (1969), Manuel Fernandes (1986), Miguel Monteiro (1980), Paulo d'Eça Leal (1901), João Sassetti (1892), and Sara Martins (1977).
1974 - Present
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 365
1976 - Present
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 366
1885 - 1973
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 367
1975 - Present
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 368
1982 - Present
HPI: 41.70
Rank: 369
1969 - Present
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 370
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 371
1969 - Present
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 372
1986 - Present
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 373
1980 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 374
1901 - 1977
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 375
1892 - 1946
HPI: 41.27
Rank: 376
1977 - Present
HPI: 41.27
Rank: 377
Among soccer players born in Portugal, Ricardo Costa ranks 71. Before him are Miguel Veloso (1986), Rúben Amorim (1985), Nuno Valente (1974), Beto (1976), Hilário (1975), and Eduardo Carvalho (1982). After him are Manuel Fernandes (1986), Miguel Monteiro (1980), André Gomes (1993), João Pereira (1984), José Morais (1965), and Carlos Secretário (1970).
1986 - Present
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 65
1985 - Present
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 66
1974 - Present
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 67
1976 - Present
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 68
1975 - Present
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 69
1982 - Present
HPI: 41.70
Rank: 70
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 71
1986 - Present
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 72
1980 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 73
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.18
Rank: 74
1984 - Present
HPI: 40.95
Rank: 75
1965 - Present
HPI: 40.77
Rank: 76
1970 - Present
HPI: 40.60
Rank: 77