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Alex Ferguson

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Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson (born 31 December 1941) is a Scottish former football manager and player, best known for managing Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time and has won more trophies than any other manager in the history of football. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alex Ferguson has received more than 15,361,071 page views. His biography is available in 88 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 87 in 2019). Alex Ferguson is the most popular coach, the 69th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 68th in 2019) and the most popular British Coach.

Alex Ferguson is most famous for being the manager of Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. He won 13 Premier League titles, five FA Cups, four League Cups, two UEFA Champions Leagues, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and one UEFA Super Cup.

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  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 76.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 88

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COACHES

Among coaches, Alex Ferguson ranks 1 out of 471. After him are Carlo Ancelotti, José Mourinho, Arsène Wenger, Dino Zoff, Jupp Heynckes, Louis van Gaal, Luis Aragonés, Marco van Basten, Guus Hiddink, Giovanni Trapattoni, and Rinus Michels.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Alex Ferguson ranks 4. Before him are Hayao Miyazaki, Kim Jong-il, and Bernie Sanders. After him are Slobodan Milošević, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Sergio Mattarella, Bernardo Bertolucci, Cesária Évora, Václav Klaus, and Krzysztof Kieślowski.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alex Ferguson ranks 69 out of 8,785. Before him are Virginia Woolf (1882), Charles, Prince of Wales (1948), Harold Harefoot (1016), Thomas Robert Malthus (1766), Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857), and John Stuart Mill (1806). After him are James Clerk Maxwell (1831), Edward Heath (1916), Ridley Scott (1937), John Dee (1527), George III of the United Kingdom (1738), and David Bowie (1947).

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Among COACHES In United Kingdom

Among coaches born in United Kingdom, Alex Ferguson ranks 1. After him are Roy Hodgson (1947), Matt Busby (1909), Bill Shankly (1913), David Moyes (1963), Harry Redknapp (1947), Gareth Southgate (1970), George Raynor (1907), Brendan Rodgers (1973), Stuart Baxter (1953), Bob Houghton (1947), and Steve McClaren (1961).

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