SOCCER PLAYER

Ali Sami Yen

1886 - 1951

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Ali Sami Yen, born Ali Sami Frashëri (20 May 1886 – 29 July 1951) was an Albanian-Turkish sports official best known as the founder of the Galatasaray Sports Club. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ali Sami Yen has received more than 202,613 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Ali Sami Yen is the 542nd most popular soccer player (up from 562nd in 2019), the 497th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 658th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Turkish Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ali Sami Yen ranks 542 out of 21,273. Before him are Erwin Koeman, Pirri, Włodzimierz Lubański, Roberto Boninsegna, Estanislau Basora, and Robert Pires. After him are Ali Daei, Zé Roberto, Zdeněk Zeman, Luca Toni, Igor Belanov, and Diego Milito.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Ali Sami Yen ranks 74. Before him are Walter H. Schottky, Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg, Joe Masseria, Frederic Bartlett, Taimur bin Feisal, and Edward Bach. After him are Henry King, Amédée Ozenfant, Victor McLaglen, May Ziade, Henry H. Arnold, and Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma. Among people deceased in 1951, Ali Sami Yen ranks 45. Before him are Fritz Thyssen, Robert J. Flaherty, François Georges-Picot, Ernst von Weizsäcker, Nikolai Medtner, and Artur Schnabel. After him are Soh Jaipil, Du Yuesheng, Yoshio Nishina, Louis Lavelle, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, and Adam Stefan Sapieha.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Ali Sami Yen ranks 497 out of 1,347. Before him are Arame of Urartu (-900), Burhan Sargun (1929), Ahmet Kaya (1957), Andriscus (-185), Martina (598), and Nausiphanes (-400). After him are Artemidorus Ephesius (-150), Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha (1815), Alexios III of Trebizond (1338), Maximus Planudes (1260), İsa Çelebi (1380), and Gregoria (700).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Türkiye

Among soccer players born in Türkiye, Ali Sami Yen ranks 3. Before him are Hakan Şükür (1971), and Burhan Sargun (1929). After him are Rüştü Reçber (1973), Akgün Kaçmaz (1935), Lefter Küçükandonyadis (1924), Arda Turan (1987), Metin Oktay (1936), Mustafa Denizli (1949), Burak Yılmaz (1985), Emre Belözoğlu (1980), and Turgay Şeren (1932).

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