SOCCER PLAYER

Alex McCarthy

1989 - Today

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Alex Simon McCarthy (born 3 December 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Southampton. A product of Reading's Academy, McCarthy spent time out on loan in the Conference Premier before signing professional terms with the club in 2008. He made his Football League debut in 2009 whilst on loan to Aldershot Town and spent the following season at Yeovil Town before making his Reading debut in 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alex McCarthy has received more than 752,802 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Alex McCarthy is the 17,895th most popular soccer player (down from 14,868th in 2019), the 8,052nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,083rd in 2019) and the 1,000th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 750k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 23.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Alex McCarthies by language

Over the past year Alex McCarthy has had the most page views in the with 49,680 views, followed by Japanese (1,885), and Chinese (1,833). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (73.94%), Swahili (30.38%), and Egyptian Arabic (29.14%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Alex McCarthy ranks 17,895 out of 21,273. Before him are Atsushi Terui, Vasco Regini, Yasushi Kita, Mario Garba, Tatsunori Arai, and Kota Fukatsu. After him are Taketo Shiokawa, Taichi Hasegawa, Merveille Bokadi, Jamie Ward, Zymer Bytyqi, and Koji Hashimoto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Alex McCarthy ranks 1,331. Before him are Néstor Vidrio, Koki Otani, Julie Bresset, Lu Jingjing, Yohei Otake, and Dejen Gebremeskel. After him are Kevin Rolland, JaJuan Johnson, Lalita Babar, Evelyn Verrasztó, Élodie Clouvel, and Taisuke Akiyoshi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alex McCarthy ranks 8,052 out of 8,785. Before him are Kim Little (1990), Ben Thatcher (1975), Charlie Rowe (1996), Joe Aribo (1996), Taiye Selasi (1979), and Fara Williams (1984). After him are Jamie Ward (1986), Ross Edgar (1983), Will Hughes (1995), Paul Goodison (1977), Alex Dowsett (1988), and Jack Harrison (1996).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Alex McCarthy ranks 1,000. Before him are Ashley Westwood (1990), Barry Bannan (1989), Kim Little (1990), Ben Thatcher (1975), Joe Aribo (1996), and Fara Williams (1984). After him are Jamie Ward (1986), Will Hughes (1995), Jack Harrison (1996), Bobby Decordova-Reid (1993), Jill Scott (1987), and Josh Maja (1998).

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