Trending

SOCCER PLAYER

Roberto Carlos

1973 - Today

Photo of Roberto Carlos

Icon of person Roberto Carlos

Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 10 April 1973), often known as Roberto Carlos and sometimes RC3, is a Brazilian former professional footballer. He has been described as the "most offensive-minded left-back in the history of the game", and one of the greatest full-backs in history. In 1997, he was runner-up in the FIFA World Player of the Year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roberto Carlos has received more than 5,451,134 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Roberto Carlos is the 57th most popular soccer player (down from 52nd in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Brazil and the 15th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Roberto Carlos is most famous for being a Brazilian football player who played as a left-back. He was part of the Brazilian national team that won the 1994 FIFA World Cup, and the only player to have won the FIFA World Cup twice.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 77

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Roberto Carlos by language

Over the past year Roberto Carlos has had the most page views in the with 898,838 views, followed by Spanish (463,954), and Portuguese (277,477). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (228.52%), Wu Chinese (161.67%), and Southern Azerbaijani (75.79%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Roberto Carlos ranks 57 out of 21,273. Before him are László Kubala, Mario Kempes, Junji Nishikawa, Ricardo Zamora, Fernando Santos, and Flórián Albert. After him are Francisco Gento, Roberto Mancini, Uwe Seeler, Luis Suárez, David Beckham, and Roger Milla.

Most Popular Soccer Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Roberto Carlos ranks 2. Before him is Aishwarya Rai. After him are Paul Walker, Monica Lewinsky, Fabio Cannavaro, Filippo Inzaghi, Javier Zanetti, Zuzana Čaputová, Thomas Tuchel, Edgar Davids, Dida, and Adrien Brody.

Others Born in 1973

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Roberto Carlos ranks 32 out of 2,236. Before him are Emerson Fittipaldi (1946), Paulo Freire (1921), Romário (1966), Maria II of Portugal (1819), Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927), and Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887). After him are Nelson Piquet (1952), Nílton Santos (1925), Sebastião Salgado (1944), Rivaldo (1972), Neymar (1992), and João Gilberto (1931).

Others born in Brazil

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Roberto Carlos ranks 15. Before him are Sócrates (1954), Didi (1928), Vavá (1934), Ronaldinho (1980), Djalma Santos (1929), and Romário (1966). After him are Nílton Santos (1925), Rivaldo (1972), Neymar (1992), Bebeto (1964), Gylmar dos Santos Neves (1930), and José Altafini (1938).

Brazilian born Soccer Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous