SOCCER PLAYER

Andrés Escobar

1967 - 1994

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Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga (Spanish pronunciation: [anˈdɾes eskoˈβaɾ saldaˈrjaɣa]; 13 March 1967 – 2 July 1994) was a Colombian professional footballer who played as a center-back. He played for Atlético Nacional, BSC Young Boys, and the Colombia national team. Nicknamed The Gentleman, he was known for his clean style of play and calmness on the pitch.On 2 July 1994, Escobar was murdered in the aftermath of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, reportedly as retaliation for having scored an own goal which contributed to the team's elimination from the tournament. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrés Escobar has received more than 4,924,462 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia. Andrés Escobar is the 557th most popular soccer player (down from 529th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Colombia (down from 23rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Colombian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Andrés Escobars by language

Over the past year Andrés Escobar has had the most page views in the with 535,309 views, followed by Spanish (291,761), and Italian (77,564). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (185.77%), Ido (178.87%), and Persian (153.07%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Andrés Escobar ranks 557 out of 21,273. Before him are Marcos Alonso, Mário Coluna, Hisao Kami, Paul Scholes, Kiyoo Kanda, and Alessandro Altobelli. After him are Héctor Rial, Giorgio Chinaglia, Ilija Petković, Javier Mascherano, Geoff Hurst, and Masao Nozawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Andrés Escobar ranks 38. Before him are Massimiliano Allegri, Richard Z. Kruspe, Carrie-Anne Moss, Denis Villeneuve, Yingluck Shinawatra, and Laura Dern. After him are Guy Pearce, David Ginola, Paul Gascoigne, François Ozon, Rhys Ifans, and Will Ferrell. Among people deceased in 1994, Andrés Escobar ranks 92. Before him are Luis Ocaña, Nikolai Ogarkov, Jack Unterweger, Max Morlock, Innokenty Smoktunovsky, and James Clavell. After him are Howard Martin Temin, Baruch Goldstein, Juan Carlos Onetti, Wilma Rudolph, Marcel Bich, and Manos Hatzidakis.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Andrés Escobar ranks 24 out of 356. Before him are John Leguizamo (1964), Luis Carlos Galán (1943), Álvaro Uribe (1952), Virgilio Barco Vargas (1921), James Rodríguez (1991), and Íngrid Betancourt (1961). After him are Belisario Betancur (1923), Francisco de Paula Santander (1792), Ernesto Samper (1950), Rafael Orozco Maestre (1954), Manuel Marulanda (1930), and Radamel Falcao (1986).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Colombia

Among soccer players born in Colombia, Andrés Escobar ranks 4. Before him are René Higuita (1966), Carlos Valderrama (1961), and James Rodríguez (1991). After him are Radamel Falcao (1986), Faustino Asprilla (1969), Iván Córdoba (1976), Juan Cuadrado (1988), Faryd Mondragón (1971), Juan Carlos Osorio (1961), Freddy Rincón (1966), and David Ospina (1988).

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