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Alexis Sánchez

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Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈleksis ˈsantʃes]; born 19 December 1988), also known mononymously as Alexis, is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Udinese and the Chile national team. He is often regarded as the greatest Chilean player of all time alongside Elías Figueroa. Dubbed "El Niño Maravilla" (The Wonder Child), Sánchez began his senior club career playing for Cobreloa, aged 15, and signed with Udinese in 2006, aged 18; he won consecutive league titles while on loan to Colo-Colo and River Plate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexis Sánchez has received more than 12,930,298 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Alexis Sánchez is the 493rd most popular soccer player (up from 681st in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Chile (up from 39th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Chilean Soccer Player.

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  • 57.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 69

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Alexis Sánchez ranks 493 out of 21,273. Before him are Rabah Madjer, Klaus Fischer, Shozo Tsugitani, Hiroshi Kanazawa, Lukas Podolski, and Guy Roux. After him are Vincenzo Montella, Masanori Tokita, Michel Hidalgo, Clodoaldo, Erik ten Hag, and Tarcisio Burgnich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Alexis Sánchez ranks 5. Before him are Rihanna, Robert Lewandowski, Mesut Özil, and Marcelo. After him are Emma Stone, Sergio Agüero, Ángel Di María, Conor McGregor, Ivan Rakitić, Jérôme Boateng, and Khabib Nurmagomedov.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Alexis Sánchez ranks 28 out of 321. Before him are Leonel Sánchez (1936), Hugo Gunckel Lüer (1901), Luis Corvalán (1916), Roberto Matta (1911), Raúl Ruiz (1941), and Jorge Alessandri (1896). After him are Orlando Letelier (1932), Francisco Varela (1946), Humberto Maturana (1928), Arturo Vidal (1987), Pedro Pascal (1975), and Nicanor Parra (1914).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Chile

Among soccer players born in Chile, Alexis Sánchez ranks 4. Before him are Elías Figueroa (1946), Iván Zamorano (1967), and Leonel Sánchez (1936). After him are Arturo Vidal (1987), Marcelo Salas (1974), Guillermo Subiabre (1903), Jorge Toro (1939), Roberto Rojas (1957), Claudio Bravo (1983), Fernando Riera (1920), and Carlos Vidal (1902).

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