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Alain Giresse

1952 - Today

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Alain Jean Giresse (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ ʒiʁɛs]; born 2 August 1952) is a French football coach and former player who last managed Kosovo. Giresse was French Player of the Year in 1982, 1983 and 1987. Nominally an attacking or central midfielder, he was an intelligent playmaker who possessed fine agility and acceleration due to his short frame. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alain Giresse has received more than 425,110 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Alain Giresse is the 294th most popular soccer player (up from 376th in 2019), the 1,456th most popular biography from France (up from 1,802nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular French Soccer Player.

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  • 430k

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  • 59.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Alain Giresse ranks 294 out of 21,273. Before him are Gennaro Gattuso, Kunitaka Sueoka, Jan Koller, Ange Postecoglou, Akira Kitaguchi, and Jens Lehmann. After him are Hugo Meisl, Uli Stielike, Ricardo Quaresma, Dragoslav Šekularac, Bo Larsson, and Salvatore Schillaci.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Alain Giresse ranks 70. Before him are Imran Khan, Reinhard Genzel, Osvaldo Ardiles, Irina Bokova, Arkan, and Paul Stanley. After him are Gus Van Sant, Abbas al-Musawi, Guillermo Vilas, Santillana, Teófilo Stevenson, and Diana Gabaldon.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alain Giresse ranks 1,456 out of 6,770. Before him are Bernard de Tremelay (1100), Michèle Mouton (1951), Vincent d'Indy (1851), Yvette Guilbert (1865), Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière (1734), and Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713). After him are Charles-Michel de l'Épée (1712), Joan, Countess of Flanders (1200), Paul Scarron (1610), Theobald II, Count of Champagne (1093), Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois (1819), and Paul Poiret (1879).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In France

Among soccer players born in France, Alain Giresse ranks 18. Before him are Aimé Jacquet (1941), Antoine Griezmann (1991), Kylian Mbappé (1998), Raymond Domenech (1952), Fabien Barthez (1971), and David Trezeguet (1977). After him are Henri Delaunay (1883), Olivier Giroud (1986), Emmanuel Petit (1970), Youri Djorkaeff (1968), Bixente Lizarazu (1969), and Henri Michel (1947).

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