SOCCER PLAYER

Ahmed Radhi

1964 - 2020

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Ahmed Radhi Humaiesh Al-Salehi (Arabic: أحمد راضي هميش الصالحي, 21 April 1964 – 21 June 2020) was an Iraqi footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed "Al-Saher" (The Magician) in his playing days and regarded as one of Iraq's and Asia's best players of all time, Radhi scored the only Iraqi goal at the FIFA World Cup in its 1986 edition, a low shot to the corner of the net against Belgium in a 2–1 defeat. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmed Radhi has received more than 151,472 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Ahmed Radhi is the 3,415th most popular soccer player (down from 3,330th in 2019), the 327th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 301st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iraqi Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ahmed Radhi ranks 3,415 out of 21,273. Before him are Alessandro Frigerio, David James, Johan Elmander, Kai Havertz, Guillermo Saavedra, and Héctor Salva. After him are Zoran Simović, Dominique Dropsy, Lars Ricken, Paulo Nunes, Mutsuhiko Nomura, and Henri Françillon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Ahmed Radhi ranks 278. Before him are Petr Nečas, Esbjörn Svensson, Jorge Drexler, Miroslav Kadlec, Zazie, and Kikuko Inoue. After him are Evan Stone, Emma Suárez, Joanne Harris, Vivica A. Fox, Nick Menza, and Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. Among people deceased in 2020, Ahmed Radhi ranks 468. Before him are Günter de Bruyn, Pat Patterson, Emilio Caprile, Nikolai Tanayev, Júlia Sigmond, and István Kausz. After him are Julio Anguita, Ron Tauranac, Ivan Král, Diane di Prima, Shere Hite, and Ben Bova.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ahmed Radhi ranks 327 out of 384. Before him are Shlomo Hillel (1923), Puzur-Ashur I (-2050), Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (1980), Eriba-Adad II (-1100), Hoshyar Zebari (1953), and Ahmet Haşim (1887). After him are Paulos Faraj Rahho (1942), Abu Isa al-Warraq (null), Ashur-rim-nisheshu (-1490), Rana Hussein (1969), Younis Mahmoud (1983), and Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi (1954).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Iraq

Among soccer players born in Iraq, Ahmed Radhi ranks 2. Before him are Hussein Saeed (1958). After him are Younis Mahmoud (1983), Raad Hammoudi (1953), Hawar Mulla Mohammed (1981), Ali Adnan Kadhim (1993), Nadhim Shaker (1958), Aymen Hussein (1996), Nashat Akram (1984), Basil Gorgis (1961), Samir Shaker (1958), and Ali Hussein Shihab (1961).

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