SOCCER PLAYER

Rui Costa

1972 - Today

Photo of Rui Costa

Icon of person Rui Costa

Rui Manuel César Costa OIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁuj ˈkɔʃtɐ]; born 29 March 1972) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer. Regarded as one of the best midfielders in world football and one of Portugal's best players in recent history, Costa usually played as an attacking midfielder and was particular known for his excellent technique, playmaking ability, and eye for goal from midfield. In 2004, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 as one of the 125 greatest living football players.Nicknamed "The Maestro" and “Il Musagete”, Costa spent the majority of his career with Benfica in Portugal and Fiorentina and A.C. Milan in Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rui Costa has received more than 1,182,103 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Rui Costa is the 407th most popular soccer player (down from 402nd in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 138th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Rui Costas by language


Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Rui Costa ranks 407 out of 16,923. Before him are Gyula Zsengellér, Thomas Tuchel, Kazimierz Deyna, Rüştü Reçber, Dunga, and Rajko Mitić. After him are Cha Bum-kun, Hakan Şükür, Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Gianpiero Combi, Zlatko Čajkovski, and Koji Funamoto.

Most Popular Soccer Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Rui Costa ranks 27. Before him are Jennifer Garner, Najwa Nimri, Jean Dujardin, Robin Tunney, Sofía Vergara, and Rubens Barrichello. After him are Queen Letizia of Spain, Busta Rhymes, Gabriel Macht, Idris Elba, Mauricio Pochettino, and Alyssa Milano.

Others Born in 1972

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Rui Costa ranks 126 out of 479. Before him are António Ramalho Eanes (1935), Infanta Antónia of Portugal (1845), Infanta Maria Francisca of Braganza (1800), Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad (1040), Gil Vicente (1465), and Francisco Serrão (1500). After him are Jorge Jesus (1954), Manuel Gomes da Costa (1863), Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira (1669), Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu (1430), Gaspar Corte-Real (1450), and Leonor Teles (1350).

Others born in Portugal

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, Rui Costa ranks 3. Before him are Cristiano Ronaldo (1985) and Luís Figo (1972). After him are Jorge Jesus (1954), Fernando Santos (1954), Artur Jorge (1946), Paulo Futre (1966), Ricardo Quaresma (1983), Félix Mourinho (1938), Fernando Gomes (1956), Vítor Baía (1969), and Nuno Gomes (1976).

Portuguese born Soccer Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous
  • Datawheel