SOCCER PLAYER

Alex McLeish

1959 - Today

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Alexander McLeish (born 21 January 1959) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player. He played as a defender for Aberdeen during their 1980s glory years, making nearly 500 League appearances for the club, and won 77 caps for Scotland. McLeish started his managerial career with spells at Motherwell and Hibernian, before guiding Rangers to two championships and five cup wins in five years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alex McLeish has received more than 1,114,447 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Alex McLeish is the 6,089th most popular soccer player (down from 5,318th in 2019), the 5,565th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,292nd in 2019) and the 306th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Alex McLeish ranks 6,089 out of 21,273. Before him are Heiko Westermann, Abel Hernández, Altin Lala, Peter Broadbent, Pedro Uralde, and Tomás Reñones. After him are Daniel Schmidt, Carlos Aguilera, Robert Huth, Cássio Ramos, Igor Kolyvanov, and Milan Badelj.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Alex McLeish ranks 509. Before him are Yuriko Shima, Geoff Tate, Zhan Videnov, Vanity, Thierry Rey, and Wendy B. Lawrence. After him are Marisol Touraine, Stanley Jordan, Jean Ravelonarivo, Fernando Álvez, Vladimir Muravyov, and Finola Hughes.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alex McLeish ranks 5,565 out of 8,785. Before him are Tom Chaplin (1979), George K. Arthur (1899), Brian Murphy (1932), Peter Broadbent (1933), Terry Griffiths (1947), and Alfred Austin (1835). After him are Pat Fry (1964), Peter Giles (1944), William Allen (1532), Ron Springett (1935), Michael Park (1966), and Alex Miller (1949).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Alex McLeish ranks 306. Before him are Alexander Wood (1907), Jim Leighton (1958), Tony Waiters (1937), George Moorhouse (1901), Johnny Douglas (1882), and Peter Broadbent (1933). After him are Ron Springett (1935), Alex Miller (1949), Tammy Abraham (1997), Mason Mount (1999), Norman Whiteside (1965), and Don Howe (1935).

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