1972 - Today
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 1,090,539 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.
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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.
1915 - 1999
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 401
1973 - Present
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 402
1947 - 1989
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 403
1973 - Present
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 404
1963 - Present
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 405
1922 - 2008
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 406
1972 - Present
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 407
1953 - Present
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 408
1971 - Present
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 409
1945 - 2013
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 410
1902 - 1956
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 411
1923 - 1998
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 412
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 413
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.
1972 - Present
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 21
1972 - Present
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 22
1972 - Present
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 23
1972 - Present
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 24
1972 - Present
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 25
1972 - Present
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 26
1972 - Present
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 27
1972 - Present
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 28
1972 - Present
HPI: 66.80
Rank: 29
1972 - Present
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 30
1972 - Present
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 31
1972 - Present
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 32
1972 - Present
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 33
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).
1935 - Present
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 120
1845 - 1913
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 121
1800 - 1834
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 122
1040 - 1095
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 123
1465 - 1536
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 124
1500 - 1521
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 125
1972 - Present
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 126
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 127
1863 - 1929
HPI: 66.80
Rank: 128
1669 - 1690
HPI: 66.80
Rank: 129
1430 - 1506
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 130
1450 - 1501
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 131
1350 - 1386
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 132
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).
1985 - Present
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 1
1972 - Present
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 2
1972 - Present
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 3
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 4
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 5
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 6
1966 - Present
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 7
1983 - Present
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 8
1938 - 2017
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 9
1956 - Present
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 10
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 11
1976 - Present
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 12