SOCCER PLAYER

Romário

1966 - Today

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Romário de Souza Faria (born 29 January 1966), known simply as Romário (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁoˈmaɾiu]), is a Brazilian politician and former professional footballer. A prolific striker renowned for his clinical finishing, he scored over 700 goals and is one of the few players to score at least 100 goals for three clubs. He is considered one of the greatest players of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Romário has received more than 5,558,986 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Romário is the 48th most popular soccer player (up from 50th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 31st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Romário is most famous for being a Brazilian footballer who played for clubs like Flamengo, Vasco da Gama, and PSV Eindhoven.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 68

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Romários by language

Over the past year Romário has had the most page views in the with 824,037 views, followed by Portuguese (631,386), and Spanish (413,123). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (417.14%), Serbo-Croatian (178.61%), and Turkmen (150.32%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Romário ranks 48 out of 21,273. Before him are Jürgen Klinsmann, Gunnar Nordahl, Djalma Santos, Josef Masopust, Omar Sívori, and Zlatan Ibrahimović. After him are Paolo Rossi, Stanley Matthews, László Kubala, Mario Kempes, Junji Nishikawa, and Ricardo Zamora.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Romário ranks 4. Before him are Adam Sandler, Mike Tyson, and Jimmy Wales. After him are Sophie Marceau, George Weah, Salma Hayek, Roman Abramovich, Hristo Stoichkov, Grigori Perelman, Helena Bonham Carter, and Eric Cantona.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Romário ranks 28 out of 2,236. Before him are Michel Temer (1940), Ronaldinho (1980), Luiz Felipe Scolari (1948), Djalma Santos (1929), Emerson Fittipaldi (1946), and Paulo Freire (1921). After him are Maria II of Portugal (1819), Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927), Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887), Roberto Carlos (1973), Nelson Piquet (1952), and Nílton Santos (1925).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Romário ranks 14. Before him are Carlos Alberto Torres (1944), Sócrates (1954), Didi (1928), Vavá (1934), Ronaldinho (1980), and Djalma Santos (1929). After him are Roberto Carlos (1973), Nílton Santos (1925), Rivaldo (1972), Neymar (1992), Bebeto (1964), and Gylmar dos Santos Neves (1930).

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