SOCCER PLAYER

Pepe

1983 - Today

Photo of Pepe

Icon of person Pepe

Kepler Laveran de Lima Ferreira OM (born 26 February 1983), known as Pepe (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈpɛpi], European Portuguese: [ˈpɛpɨ]), is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Born in Brazil, he played for Portugal national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders of his generation and the greatest Portuguese defender of all time. Born and raised in Brazil, Pepe moved to Portugal to sign with Marítimo, before moving to Porto in 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pepe is the 172nd most popular soccer player (up from 323rd in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Brazil (up from 92nd in 2019) and the 31st most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Pepe by language

Loading...

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Pepe ranks 172 out of 21,273. Before him are Dennis Bergkamp, Kunishige Kamamoto, Yasuo Takamori, Shoichi Nishimura, Robert Lewandowski, and Miroslav Klose. After him are Masao Uchino, Takashi Furukawa, Telmo Zarra, Arie Haan, Didier Drogba, and Takashi Takabayashi.

Most Popular Soccer Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Pepe ranks 6. Before him are Kim Jong-un, Darren Young, Mila Kunis, Chris Hemsworth, and Amy Winehouse. After him are Dani Alves, Franck Ribéry, Rebecca Ferguson, Loreen, Robin van Persie, and Ricardo Quaresma.

Others Born in 1983

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Pepe ranks 61 out of 2,236. Before him are Tostão (1947), Ademir de Menezes (1922), Paulo Roberto Falcão (1953), Leônidas (1913), Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (1897), and João Goulart (1918). After him are Deodoro da Fonseca (1827), Anita Garibaldi (1821), Gérson (1941), Zizinho (1921), Carlos Ghosn (1954), and Roberto Carlos (1941).

Others born in Brazil

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Pepe ranks 31. Before him are José Altafini (1938), Dunga (1963), Tostão (1947), Ademir de Menezes (1922), Paulo Roberto Falcão (1953), and Leônidas (1913). After him are Gérson (1941), Zizinho (1921), Dani Alves (1983), Jair da Costa (1940), Careca (1960), and Marcelo (1988).

Brazilian born Soccer Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous