Top 5 social media Euro 2016 players, moments

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Top 5 social media Euro 2016 players, moments
Who were the most mentioned players on Facebook and Twitter?

MANILA, Philippines – Euro 2016 scored big on and off the field.

For a month, football fans tuned in to one of the biggest quadrennial football competitions: the 2016 UEFA European Championship. The games culminated in France on Sunday, July 10 (Monday Manila time) with Portugal beating out France in an intense match that saw Cristiano Ronaldo injured mid-game.

With each match and each goal, fans took to Facebook and Twitter to share their reactions. Which players turned out to be the social media darlings and which moments became instant fan favorites? Find out here:

Facebook

During the month-long tournament that started on June 10 and ended on July 10, Facebook recorded 195 million people who produced about 950 million interactions to the game.

Following Portugal’s emotional win, Facebook looked at the buzz surrounding final match: 45 million people had 146 million interactions.

Globally, 5 football players from the opposing teams made an impression on Facebook users: Cristiano Ronaldo, leading the line-up with more than 50% of mentions; Pepe and Nani, from winning team Portugal; Dimitri Payet, the sole player from France to rank on this list; Ricardo Quaresma, also from team Portugal.

In Portugal, the Final highlighted 5 players abovet the rest: Cristiano Ronaldo, with almost half of the mentions. Ricardo Quaresma, Pepe, and Éder, from Portugal’s own team. Dimitri Payet, from the opposing team.

Crowd favorite Cristiano Ronaldo also took the top mentioned spot even in France where his team stole the championship. Dimitri Payet, Moussa Sissoko, & Olivier Giroud were the home team’s most mentioned players. Challenger Pepe rounds up France’s top mentioned players.

Top Facebook moments in the Final

1. Ronaldo lifts the trophy

2. Éder’s goal

3. Final whistle

4. Ronaldo goes off injured

5. Kick off

Twitter

On the side of Twitter, the Final match churned out over 14.2 million Tweets. #PORFRA, the official hashtag for the championship match, took over worldwide as shown by this heat map:

Over the course of the month-long Euro 2016 tournament, 5 teams stood above the frey as the Twitter crowd favorites: Champion team Portugal, their Final opponent France, semi-finalists Germany and Wales, and, finally, England, which only made it to Round of 16.

Data gathered over the course of Euro 2016 showed these 5 players as the most-Tweeted: Cristiano Ronaldo from winning team Portugal, Antoine Griezmann and Dimitri Payet from runner-up team France, Gareth Bale from Wales, and Olivier Giroud from France as well.

During the Final, 3 players stole the Twitter spotlight: Cristiano Ronaldo who was injured during the first half of the game, Éder who scored the goal that secured Portugal’s win, and Dimitri Payet who, aside from being named Player of the Tournament, played a hand in Ronaldo’s injury.

Top Twitter moments for Euro 2016

1. Final whistle: Portugal wins the #EURO2016 tournament. #PORFRA

2. Eder’s goal puts Portugal up 1-0 in Extra Time. #PORFRA

3. Ronaldo removed from the final game due to injury. #PORFRA

4. Iceland knocks out England in the Round of 16. #ENGICE

5. Jonas Hector scores the last penalty against Italy to put Germany in Semifinal #GERITA

Did you follow Euro 2016 as well? Who was your favorite player and what was your favorite moment? Tell us about it on X! – Rappler.com/with reports from Facebook, Twitter, & Ciara Montalla

Ciara Montalla is an intern for Rappler.

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