SOCCER PLAYER

Vítor Baía

1969 - Today

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Vítor Manuel Martins Baía, OIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvitɔɾ βɐˈiɐ]; born 15 October 1969) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. One of the most decorated goalkeepers of all time, his career was intimately connected with FC Porto, which he started representing still in his teens, helping it to 26 titles and eventually remaining with the club in an ambassadorial role. Also having played for Barcelona, Baía appeared with the Portugal national team in two European Championships and the 2002 World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vítor Baía has received more than 625,261 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Vítor Baía is the 620th most popular soccer player (up from 749th in 2019), the 166th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 197th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 630k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Vítor Baía ranks 620 out of 21,273. Before him are Branko Stanković, Gianluca Pagliuca, Salif Keïta, Koji Funamoto, Yasukazu Tanaka, and Sadio Mané. After him are Roberto Di Matteo, Daniele De Rossi, Sergio Goycochea, Amadeo Carrizo, Kinjiro Shimizu, and Ángel Di María.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Vítor Baía ranks 53. Before him are Predrag Mijatović, Santiago Cañizares, Simon Baker, Anne Heche, Pauley Perrette, and Dana International. After him are Brian Laudrup, Petteri Orpo, Julia Ann, Triple H, Giorgi Margvelashvili, and Bong Joon-ho.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Vítor Baía ranks 166 out of 633. Before him are Theresa of Portugal, Queen of León (1178), António de Abreu (1480), João de Barros (1496), Paulo Futre (1966), Afonso I, Duke of Braganza (1377), and Matilda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal (1125). After him are Joaquim de Almeida (1957), Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja (1506), Constance of Portugal (1290), Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499), Fernando Gomes (1956), and Infanta Maria of Guimarães (1538).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, Vítor Baía ranks 11. Before him are Luís Figo (1972), Ricardo Quaresma (1983), Artur Jorge (1946), Félix Mourinho (1938), Américo Lopes (1933), and Paulo Futre (1966). After him are Fernando Gomes (1956), Paulo Sousa (1970), Sérgio Conceição (1974), Ricardo Carvalho (1978), Alberto Festa (1939), and Paulo Bento (1969).

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