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Abdoulaye Faye

1978 - Today

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Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye (born 26 February 1978), known as Abdoulaye Faye, is a Senegalese former footballer who played as a defender. Faye began his career playing for ASEC Ndiambour and Jeanne d'Arc in his native Senegal before moving to French side Lens in 2002. After spending time out on loan at Istres he attracted the attentions of Sam Allardyce who signed him for Bolton Wanderers in July 2005. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdoulaye Faye has received more than 164,721 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Abdoulaye Faye is the 13,716th most popular soccer player (down from 11,403rd in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Senegal (down from 96th in 2019) and the 71st most popular Senegalese Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 29.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Abdoulaye Fayes by language

Over the past year Abdoulaye Faye has had the most page views in the with 18,577 views, followed by French (1,958), and Chinese (1,412). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hausa (513.60%), Irish (114.53%), and Malagasy (78.39%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Abdoulaye Faye ranks 13,716 out of 21,273. Before him are Mateus Caramelo, Thaisa, Tim Hoogland, Satoshi Yashiro, Aleksei Anatolyevich Kozlov, and Marco Sau. After him are Lucas Veríssimo, Vinícius Araújo, Cristian Borja, Gonzalo Vargas, Ryohei Hayashi, and Minoru Kushibiki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Abdoulaye Faye ranks 980. Before him are Peter Mankoč, Mauricio Sabillón, Anna Jesień, Lee Sun-hee, Ömer Onan, and Yelena Grigoryeva. After him are Adam Busch, Jefferson Fredo Rodrigues, Alexander Wolf, Jean-Michel Lucenay, Christoffer Andersson, and Bernard Williams.

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In Senegal

Among people born in Senegal, Abdoulaye Faye ranks 114 out of 138. Before him are Baye Djiby Fall (1985), Pape Sarr (1977), Ibrahima Touré (1985), Zargo Touré (1989), Anna Diop (1988), and Amdy Faye (1977). After him are Famara Diédhiou (1992), Ibrahima Mbaye (1994), Stéphane Badji (1990), Modou Sougou (1984), Émilie Gomis (1983), and Mamadou Loum (1996).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Senegal

Among soccer players born in Senegal, Abdoulaye Faye ranks 71. Before him are Cheikh N'Doye (1986), Baye Djiby Fall (1985), Pape Sarr (1977), Ibrahima Touré (1985), Zargo Touré (1989), and Amdy Faye (1977). After him are Famara Diédhiou (1992), Ibrahima Mbaye (1994), Stéphane Badji (1990), Modou Sougou (1984), Mamadou Loum (1996), and Babacar Gueye (1986).

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