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Alan Smith

1962 - Today

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Alan Martin Smith (born 21 November 1962) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. Smith played for Leicester City and Arsenal in a career that spanned over a decade. Smith was Arsenal's top scorer for four consecutive seasons, and scored the first goal in Arsenal's 2–0 victory at Anfield 26 May 1989 which saw them lift that season's league championship. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Smith has received more than 125,507 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Alan Smith is the 7,133rd most popular soccer player (up from 7,690th in 2019), the 6,065th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,038th in 2019) and the 371st most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Alan Smith ranks 7,133 out of 21,273. Before him are Vic Crowe, Geert De Vlieger, Tomo Šokota, Gabriel Paulista, Manuel Pablo, and Ryuzo Morioka. After him are Héctor Moreno, Gustavo Matosas, Kim Jung-woo, Antolín Alcaraz, Romulus Gabor, and Jonathan Biabiany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Alan Smith ranks 630. Before him are Paul Schulze, Sarika, Brett Gurewitz, Petar Aleksandrov, José Batista, and Agnès Buzyn. After him are Radek Drulák, Dariusz Dziekanowski, Jonas Bergqvist, Hitoshi Nakata, Mitsunori Yoshida, and Ralf Schumann.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Smith ranks 6,065 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Ingram (1963), Michael Foale (1957), Peter Ashdown (1934), Vic Crowe (1932), Ronald Searle (1920), and Toyah Willcox (1958). After him are Ralph Firman (1975), Perrie Edwards (1993), Dennis Wilshaw (1926), Simon Curtis (1960), Julien Temple (1953), and N. T. Wright (1948).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Alan Smith ranks 371. Before him are Roy Chipolina (1983), Sandy Jardine (1948), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (1997), Gary Pallister (1965), Henry Cockburn (1921), and Vic Crowe (1932). After him are Dennis Wilshaw (1926), Phil Thompson (1954), Mel Charles (1935), Ted Ditchburn (1921), Allan Clarke (1946), and John Robertson (1953).

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