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Ricardo Sá Pinto

1972 - Today

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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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  • 420k

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  • 45.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ricardo Sá Pinto ranks 2,611 out of 16,880Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Ricardo Sá Pinto ranks 158Before 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.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Ricardo Sá Pinto ranks 315 out of 555Before 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).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, Ricardo Sá Pinto ranks 43Before 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).