SOCCER PLAYER

Ray Houghton

1962 - Today

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Raymond James Houghton (born 9 January 1962) is a former professional footballer and current sports analyst and commentator with RTÉ Sport. As a player, he was a midfielder, notably playing for Liverpool where he won two First Division titles and a two FA Cups before switching to Aston Villa ahead of the inaugural Premier League season. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ray Houghton has received more than 527,484 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Ray Houghton is the 9,982nd most popular soccer player (down from 9,399th in 2019), the 6,832nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,347th in 2019) and the 536th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 530k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 34.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ray Houghtons by language

Over the past year Ray Houghton has had the most page views in the with 68,905 views, followed by Italian (2,540), and German (1,958). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (115.87%), Irish (87.95%), and Hungarian (72.47%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ray Houghton ranks 9,982 out of 21,273. Before him are Papakouli Diop, Nabil Ghilas, Giuliano Tadeo Aranda, Jordan Larsson, Issa Ba, and Toni Kuivasto. After him are Tyrell Malacia, Pape Gueye, Michal Ďuriš, Craig Shakespeare, Niki Mäenpää, and Roberto Baronio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Ray Houghton ranks 806. Before him are Steve Hodge, Zakia Zaki, Arjun Sarja, Christiane Weber, Virginio Cáceres, and Claudia Zaczkiewicz. After him are Grant Fuhr, Edson Aparecido de Souza, Gracia Querejeta, Mary Kay Adams, Kazuo Uchida, and Joe Quesada.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ray Houghton ranks 6,832 out of 8,785. Before him are Cynthia Addai-Robinson (1985), Alex Lawther (1995), FKA Twigs (1988), Ella Purnell (1996), Justin Hawkins (1975), and Edward Shearmur (1966). After him are Craig Shakespeare (1963), Mike Tindall (1978), Gregg Sulkin (1992), Paul McGuigan (1971), Miles Kane (1986), and James Blake (1988).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Ray Houghton ranks 536. Before him are David Watson (1946), Barry Ferguson (1978), Tom Huddlestone (1986), Tony Mowbray (1963), Kieron Dyer (1978), and Brian McDermott (1961). After him are Craig Shakespeare (1963), Ray Parlour (1973), Richard Wright (1977), Darren Anderton (1972), Kevin Beattie (1953), and Steve Wooddin (1955).

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