Google Trends analysis of Internet search trends across the globe, shows Cristiano Ronaldo, captain of Real Madrid and the Portuguese national team, was the most frequently searched name in most countries, ahead of Argentina’s Lionel Messi, of FC Barcelona.
The two stars are the most frequent names in the “top 3” searches for each country, with the Portuguese ahead in most European countries, in Oceania, in several African countries including Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe, Equatorial Guinea, Morocco and South Africa, and in nations including Canada, India and Saudi Arabia.
Messi was the most searched name in most of South America, with the exception of Brazil, where Neymar is at the top, and in Uruguay, where a national player, Luis Suárez, also of Barcelona, is the most searched for name.