SOCCER PLAYER

Adolfo Valencia

1968 - Today

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Adolfo José Valencia Mosquera (born 6 February 1968) is a Colombian retired footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed El tren (train) due to his powerful physique, he played in seven countries – having one-year spells in Germany and Spain's top flight – and represented Colombia at two World Cups. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolfo Valencia has received more than 181,225 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Adolfo Valencia is the 3,808th most popular soccer player (down from 3,747th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Colombia (down from 105th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Colombian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Adolfo Valencia ranks 3,808 out of 21,273. Before him are Hiroshi Nanami, Yuriy Istomin, Eduardo Astengo, Ignacio Trelles, Hirving Lozano, and Jérémy Toulalan. After him are Maho Shimizu, Osmar Donizete Cândido, Daichi Kamada, Łukasz Fabiański, Jiří Čadek, and Nicolás Tagliafico.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Adolfo Valencia ranks 258. Before him are Mike Patton, Kyle Eastwood, Marcus Schenkenberg, Jerry Yang, David Ayer, and Ara Malikian. After him are Osmar Donizete Cândido, Heath, Antonio Benarrivo, Wajdi Mouawad, Johann Olav Koss, and Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Adolfo Valencia ranks 110 out of 356. Before him are Gabriel París Gordillo (1910), Jackson Martínez (1986), José Manuel Marroquín (1827), José Hilario López (1798), Ricardo Londoño (1949), and Delio Gamboa (1936). After him are José Ignacio de Márquez (1793), Luis Díaz (1997), Yerry Mina (1994), Manuel Murillo Toro (1816), Hernán Darío Gómez (1956), and Diomedes Díaz (1957).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Colombia

Among soccer players born in Colombia, Adolfo Valencia ranks 27. Before him are Efraín Sánchez (1926), Fredy Guarín (1986), Óscar Córdoba (1970), Ever Palacios (1969), Jackson Martínez (1986), and Delio Gamboa (1936). After him are Luis Díaz (1997), Yerry Mina (1994), Hernán Darío Gómez (1956), Duván Zapata (1991), Cristián Zapata (1986), and Luis Muriel (1991).

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