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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrés Escobar has received more than 4,957,954 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia. Andrés Escobar is the 529th most popular soccer player (down from 459th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Colombia (down from 18th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Colombian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Andrés Escobar ranks 529 out of 16,880. Before him are Thiago Silva, Frank de Boer, Carlos Bianchi, Arturo Vidal, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and Włodzimierz Lubański. After him are Saizo Saito, Stefan Kuntz, Herbert Wimmer, Jaap Stam, Hans-Peter Briegel, and Marc Overmars.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Andrés Escobar ranks 46. Before him are Lisa Bonet, Rhys Ifans, Serj Tankian, Emily Watson, Richard Z. Kruspe, and Maria Bello. After him are Will Ferrell, Yingluck Shinawatra, Bjørn Dæhlie, Naim Süleymanoğlu, Mathieu Kassovitz, and Liev Schreiber. Among people deceased in 1994, Andrés Escobar ranks 98. Before him are Roberto Burle Marx, Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Jack Unterweger, Juan Carlos Onetti, Paisios of Mount Athos, and Moana Pozzi. After him are Álvaro del Portillo, Luis Ocaña, Baruch Goldstein, Branko Mikulić, Wilma Rudolph, and Enrique Líster.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Andrés Escobar ranks 23 out of 306. Before him are Sofía Vergara (1972), James Rodríguez (1991), Íngrid Betancourt (1961), Belisario Betancur (1923), Virgilio Barco Vargas (1921), and Ernesto Samper (1950). After him are Manuel Marulanda (1930), Darío Castrillón Hoyos (1929), Julio César Turbay Ayala (1916), Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (1903), Radamel Falcao (1986), and José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez (1919).

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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), Iván Córdoba (1976), Faustino Asprilla (1969), Juan Cuadrado (1988), Faryd Mondragón (1971), Reinaldo Rueda (1957), David Ospina (1988), and Mario Yepes (1976).

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