1972 - Today
Ricardo Manuel Andrade e Silva Sá Pinto (born 10 October 1972) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a forward, currently manager of Cypriot First Division club APOEL. He was known for his fighting spirit, best displayed in his stints at Sporting CP, where he was dubbed "Ricardo Lionheart" by the club's fans. In a career cut short by injury and suspension, he appeared in 230 Primeira Liga games (scoring 51 goals), also playing for Real Sociedad in Spain for two years. Sá Pinto represented the Portugal national team in two European Championships, reaching the semi-finals at Euro 2000. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ricardo Sá Pinto has received more than 424,926 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Ricardo Sá Pinto is the 2,611th most popular soccer player (up from 3,292nd in 2019), the 315th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 305th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Ricardo Sá Pinto ranks 2,611 out of 16,880. Before him are Boris Gaganelov, Bruno Mora, Lauro Amadò, Pedro Solé, Jupp Kapellmann, and Marcos Paquetá. After him are Bernardo Silva, Hércules de Miranda, Iuliu Baratky, Sanae Mishima, Nabil Fekir, and Josef Smistik.
1941 - 2020
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 2,605
1937 - 1986
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 2,606
1912 - 1971
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 2,607
1905 - 1982
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 2,608
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 2,609
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 2,610
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 2,611
1994 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 2,612
1912 - 1982
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 2,613
1910 - 1962
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 2,614
1957 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 2,615
1993 - Present
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 2,616
1905 - 1985
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 2,617
Among people born in 1972, Ricardo Sá Pinto ranks 158. Before him are Umaro Sissoco Embaló, Roberto Abbondanzieri, Arturo Gatti, Ewen Bremner, Sergei Magnitsky, and Tré Cool. After him are Tego Calderón, Giovanni Silva de Oliveira, Anders Thomas Jensen, Kirsten Vangsness, Mark Schwarzer, and Viorel Moldovan.
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.17
Rank: 152
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 153
1972 - 2009
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 154
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 155
1972 - 2009
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 156
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 157
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 158
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 159
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 160
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 161
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 162
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 163
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 164
Among people born in Portugal, Ricardo Sá Pinto ranks 315 out of 555. Before him are Rui Vitória (1970), Carlos Mota Pinto (1936), Simão Sabrosa (1979), Eugénio de Andrade (1923), Mário de Araújo Cabral (1934), and Costinha (1974). After him are Bernardo Silva (1994), Renato Sanches (1997), Tomás António Gonzaga (1744), Madalena Iglésias (1939), Elisa Ferreira (1955), and José Luandino Vieira (1935).
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 309
1936 - 1985
HPI: 46.21
Rank: 310
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.17
Rank: 311
1923 - 2005
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 312
1934 - 2020
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 313
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 314
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 315
1994 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 316
1997 - Present
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 317
1744 - 1810
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 318
1939 - 2018
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 319
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 320
1935 - Present
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 321
Among soccer players born in Portugal, Ricardo Sá Pinto ranks 43. Before him are Paulo Ferreira (1979), Hugo Almeida (1984), João Moutinho (1986), Rui Vitória (1970), Simão Sabrosa (1979), and Costinha (1974). After him are Bernardo Silva (1994), Renato Sanches (1997), Fernando Chalana (1959), Hélder Postiga (1982), Jorge Costa (1971), and João Cancelo (1994).
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 37
1984 - Present
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 38
1986 - Present
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 39
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 40
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.17
Rank: 41
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 42
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 43
1994 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 44
1997 - Present
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 45
1959 - 2022
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 46
1982 - Present
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 47
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 48
1994 - Present
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 49