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Vítor Baía

1969 - Today

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Vítor Manuel Martins Baía, OIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvitɔɾ βɐˈiɐ]; 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 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 595,342 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Vítor Baía is the 749th most popular soccer player (up from 890th in 2019), the 197th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 196th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.

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  • 600k

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  • 53.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Vítor Baía ranks 749 out of 16,880Before him are Marc Wilmots, Julio Morales, Hervé Renard, Aymoré Moreira, Santos Urdinarán, and Roberto Bettega. After him are Enrique Guaita, Joaquín Peiró, Patrick M'Boma, Takeo Wakabayashi, Misao Tamai, and Manuel Sanchís Martínez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Vítor Baía ranks 70Before him are Julie Delpy, Keith Flint, Santiago Cañizares, Michael Sheen, Marc Wilmots, and Jojo Moyes. After him are Zach Galifianakis, Oleg Salenko, Hong Myung-bo, Shannon Lee, Robert Sean Leonard, and Triple H.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Vítor Baía ranks 197 out of 555Before him are Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza (1801), Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark (1211), António Vieira (1608), Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja (1506), Menasseh Ben Israel (1604), and Francisco de Sá Carneiro (1934). After him are Vasco Gonçalves (1921), Joaquim de Almeida (1957), Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo (1930), Pauleta (1973), André Villas-Boas (1977), and Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, Vítor Baía ranks 12Before him are Artur Jorge (1946), Ricardo Quaresma (1983), Félix Mourinho (1938), Paulo Sousa (1970), Paulo Futre (1966), and Nani (1986). After him are Pauleta (1973), Ricardo Carvalho (1978), Sérgio Conceição (1974), Nuno Gomes (1976), Fernando Gomes (1956), and Paulo Bento (1969).