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Thiago Alcântara

1991 - Today

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Thiago Alcântara do Nascimento (Spanish: Alcántara; born 11 April 1991), known as Thiago Alcântara or mononymously as Thiago (Spanish: [ˈtjaɣo]; Brazilian Portuguese: [tʃiˈaɡu]), is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Italy to Brazilian parents and raised in Spain, he is the eldest child of former player Mazinho. Thiago joined Barcelona aged 14, and made his first team debut in 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thiago Alcântara has received more than 8,672,762 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Thiago Alcântara is the 430th most popular soccer player (up from 508th in 2019), the 1,634th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,872nd in 2019) and the 39th most popular Italian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 63

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 15.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Thiago Alcântara ranks 430 out of 21,273. Before him are Michiyo Taki, Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Juan Sebastián Verón, Masuzo Madono, and Oliver Bierhoff. After him are John Charles, Marius Trésor, Fernando Peyroteo, Robinho, Thomas N'Kono, and Roque Máspoli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1991, Thiago Alcântara ranks 3. Before him are Antoine Griezmann, and Eden Hazard. After him are James Rodríguez, Virgil van Dijk, Ed Sheeran, N'Golo Kanté, Riyad Mahrez, Kevin De Bruyne, Jorginho, Roberto Firmino, and Lucas Vázquez.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Thiago Alcântara ranks 1,634 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1683), Margarita Luti (1500), Vittoria Aleotti (1575), Dino Grandi (1895), Riz Ortolani (1926), and Pier Luigi Nervi (1891). After him are Moses Montefiore (1784), Catherine of Bologna (1413), Andrea Sansovino (1467), Grimoald, King of the Lombards (610), Emma Morano (1899), and Saint Marcella (325).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Thiago Alcântara ranks 39. Before him are Gianpiero Combi (1902), Marco Materazzi (1973), Simone Inzaghi (1976), Mario Balotelli (1990), Giuseppe Bergomi (1963), and Gianfranco Zola (1966). After him are Daniele Massaro (1961), Nereo Rocco (1912), Gianluca Zambrotta (1977), Walter Mazzarri (1961), Vincenzo Montella (1974), and Tarcisio Burgnich (1939).

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