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Ashkan Dejagah

1986 - Today

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Seyed Ashkan Dejagah (Persian: سید اشكان دژآگه, born 5 July 1986), known as Ashkan Dejagah, is an Iranian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.He represented Germany at youth levels between 2001 and 2009, going on to win the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. He has played for the Iranian national team since 2011, helping them qualify for the 2014 World Cup, 2015 Asian Cup and the 2018 FIFA World Cup, although he did not play in the last. In 2015, Dejagah was voted by fans on Navad as Iran's best ever left midfielder.Dejagah made his professional debut for Hertha BSC in the 2004–05 Bundesliga season. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ashkan Dejagah has received more than 667,201 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Ashkan Dejagah is the 7,411th most popular soccer player (down from 5,571st in 2019), the 467th most popular biography from Iran (down from 400th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Iranian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 670k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ashkan Dejagahs by language

Over the past year Ashkan Dejagah has had the most page views in the with 203,720 views, followed by English (40,954), and German (12,865). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (146.75%), Uzbek (134.52%), and Simple English (95.26%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ashkan Dejagah ranks 7,411 out of 21,273. Before him are Franz Wohlfahrt, Aymen Mathlouthi, Valter Birsa, Nicolás Gaitán, Harumi Kori, and Gordon Schildenfeld. After him are Guy Hellers, Jonathan Woodgate, Sergio Berti, Marko Simeunovič, Ariza Makukula, and Adam Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Ashkan Dejagah ranks 305. Before him are Diego Sinagra, Pablo Cuevas, Ólafur Arnalds, Sarah J. Maas, Kingsley Ben-Adir, and Valter Birsa. After him are Caity Lotz, Franz Rogowski, Thiego, Lena Dunham, Edward Maya, and Sania Mirza.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Ashkan Dejagah ranks 467 out of 631. Before him are Ehsan Hajsafi (1990), Nasser Shabani (1957), Reyhaneh Jabbari (1988), Hossein Rezazadeh (1978), Taraneh Alidoosti (1984), and Mohammad Rasoulof (1972). After him are Azam Ali (1970), Azad (1973), Mostafa Zamani (1982), Marina Nemat (1965), Ali Abbasi (1981), and Mohsen Namjoo (1976).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Iran

Among soccer players born in Iran, Ashkan Dejagah ranks 22. Before him are Khodadad Azizi (1971), Iraj Danaeifard (1951), Karim Ansarifard (1990), Vahid Hashemian (1976), Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh (1966), and Ehsan Hajsafi (1990). After him are Masoud Shojaei (1984), Behrang Safari (1985), Alireza Beiranvand (1992), Rahman Rezaei (1975), Andranik Teymourian (1983), and Reza Ghoochannejhad (1987).

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