SOCCER PLAYER

Rui Jordão

1952 - 2019

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Rui Manuel Trindade Jordão (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁuj ʒuɾˈðɐ̃w]; 9 August 1952 – 18 October 2019) was a Portuguese footballer. His professional career was spent mostly with two of the biggest clubs in the country, Benfica and Sporting CP. One of the most prolific strikers in the history of Portuguese football, he won the Silver Ball award twice, once with each team. Jordão represented the Portugal national team for 17 years, appearing with them at Euro 1984. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rui Jordão is the 2,089th most popular soccer player (up from 2,205th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Angola and the 3rd most popular Angolan Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Rui Jordão ranks 2,089 out of 21,273. Before him are Yassine Bounou, Thomas Vermaelen, Mustapha Hadji, Jurandir de Freitas, Zoltán Varga, and Silas Pereira. After him are Giacomo Bulgarelli, Agustín Balbuena, József Tóth, Temur Ketsbaia, Myung Rye-hyun, and Samuel Umtiti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Rui Jordão ranks 303. Before him are Rick Aviles, John Lynch, Paul Reubens, Vanessa del Rio, Jenő Jandó, and Willy Puchner. After him are Lazar Ristovski, Carol Kane, Don Miguel Ruiz, Michael Dorn, Kurban Berdyev, and Christiane Taubira. Among people deceased in 2019, Rui Jordão ranks 273. Before him are Sid Haig, Dimitar Dobrev, Robert Waseige, Bayram Şit, José Nápoles, and Gene Wolfe. After him are Vilhjálmur Einarsson, Piero Tosi, Julie Adams, Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, Elina Bystritskaya, and Ilona Novák.

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In Angola

Among people born in Angola, Rui Jordão ranks 13 out of 67. Before him are Fernando Peyroteo (1918), José Águas (1930), Holden Roberto (1923), Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (1950), Lúcio Lara (1929), and José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo (1917). After him are Mário Pinto de Andrade (1928), Pepetela (1941), Zacarias Kamwenho (1934), José Manuel Imbamba (1965), Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem (1934), and José Eduardo Agualusa (1960).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Angola

Among soccer players born in Angola, Rui Jordão ranks 3. Before him are Fernando Peyroteo (1918), and José Águas (1930). After him are José Morais (1965), Eduardo Camavinga (2002), João Ricardo (1970), Oliveira Gonçalves (1960), Jorge Mendonça (1938), Akwá (1977), William Carvalho (1992), Flávio Amado (1979), and Pedro Emanuel (1975).

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