SOCCER PLAYER

Andy Cole

1971 - Today

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Andrew Alexander Cole (born 15 October 1971) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. His professional career lasted from 1988 to 2008, and is mostly remembered for his time with Manchester United, who paid a British record transfer fee to sign him from Newcastle United. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andy Cole has received more than 3,924,110 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Andy Cole is the 2,089th most popular soccer player (down from 1,737th in 2019), the 2,962nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,960th in 2019) and the 95th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Andy Coles by language

Over the past year Andy Cole has had the most page views in the with 559,871 views, followed by Italian (33,269), and French (28,313). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latvian (503.66%), Simple English (491.43%), and Uzbek (264.83%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Andy Cole ranks 2,089 out of 21,273. Before him are Francisco Rodrigues, Luigi Di Biagio, Angelo Anquilletti, Luis Vargas Peña, Diego, and Jimmy McGrory. After him are José Araquistáin, Araken Patusca, Américo Gallego, İlhan Mansız, Éver Banega, and Goyo Benito.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Andy Cole ranks 120. Before him are Stella McCartney, Heike Makatsch, Adriana Karembeu, Raoul Bova, Luigi Di Biagio, and Leslie Grossman. After him are Maura Healey, Murilo Benício, Luca Badoer, Luca Guadagnino, Mario Abdo Benítez, and Noah Wyle.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Andy Cole ranks 2,962 out of 8,785. Before him are Jackie Collins (1937), Emma Bunton (1976), Helen Fielding (1958), Richard Burbage (1567), Jimmy McGrory (1904), and John Christopher (1922). After him are Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1645), Nik Kershaw (1958), Charles Dawson (1864), Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798), John Soane (1753), and Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (1436).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Andy Cole ranks 95. Before him are Nat Lofthouse (1925), Joe Jordan (1951), Reece James (1999), Francis Lee (1944), Alan Ball Jr. (1945), and Jimmy McGrory (1904). After him are Pat Jennings (1945), Jimmy Johnstone (1944), Fred Pentland (1883), Ted Drake (1912), Paul Cook (1956), and Jesse Carver (1911).

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