1969 - Today
Vítor Manuel Martins Baía, OIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvitɔɾ bɐˈiɐ]; born 15 October 1969) is a Portuguese retired 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 professionally still in his teens, helping it to 25 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 466,123 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Vítor Baía is the 890th most popular soccer player (down from 722nd in 2019), the 196th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 175th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Vítor Baía ranks 890 out of 16,923. Before him are Bill Foulkes, Philippe Troussier, Friedrich Koncilia, Darko Pančev, Pablo Forlán, and Dick Nanninga. After him are Herbert Chapman, Claude Makélélé, Thiago Motta, Ronald de Boer, Masaki Yokotani, and Índio.
1932 - 2013
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 884
1955 - Present
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 885
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 886
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 887
1945 - Present
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 888
1949 - 2015
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 889
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 890
1878 - 1934
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 891
1973 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 892
1982 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 893
1970 - Present
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 894
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 895
1931 - 2020
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 896
Among people born in 1969, Vítor Baía ranks 73. Before him are Julie Delpy, Bob Sinclar, Ice Cube, Christian Slater, Jay-Z, and Dana International. After him are Jason Clarke, Hong Myung-bo, Thomas Vinterberg, Marjane Satrapi, Paul Adelstein, and Bobby Brown.
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 67
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 68
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 69
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 70
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 71
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 72
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 73
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 74
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 75
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 76
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 77
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 78
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 79
Among people born in Portugal, Vítor Baía ranks 196 out of 479. Before him are Menasseh Ben Israel (1604), Fernando Gomes (1956), Gonçalo Velho Cabral (1400), Joaquim de Almeida (1957), Duarte Barbosa (1480), and Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja (1506). After him are António de Andrade (1580), Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark (1211), Vasco Gonçalves (1921), Amadeo de Souza Cardoso (1887), Duarte, Duke of Guimarães (1515), and Manuel Monteiro de Castro (1938).
1604 - 1657
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 190
1956 - Present
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 191
1400 - 1460
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 192
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 193
1480 - 1521
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 194
1506 - 1555
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 195
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 196
1580 - 1634
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 197
1211 - 1231
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 198
1921 - 2005
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 199
1887 - 1918
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 200
1515 - 1540
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 201
1938 - Present
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 202
Among soccer players born in Portugal, Vítor Baía ranks 11. Before him are Fernando Santos (1954), Artur Jorge (1946), Paulo Futre (1966), Ricardo Quaresma (1983), Félix Mourinho (1938), and Fernando Gomes (1956). After him are Nuno Gomes (1976), Ricardo Carvalho (1978), Pauleta (1973), Paulo Sousa (1970), Sérgio Conceição (1974), and Nani (1986).
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
1978 - Present
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 13
1973 - Present
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 14
1970 - Present
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 15
1974 - Present
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 16
1986 - Present
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 17