SOCCER PLAYER

Bastian Schweinsteiger

1984 - Today

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Bastian Schweinsteiger (pronounced [ˈbasti̯a(ː)n ˈʃvaɪnʃtaɪɡɐ] ; born 1 August 1984) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Earlier in his career, he primarily played as a wide midfielder; he later switched to a central midfield role. Former Germany national team manager Joachim Löw has referred to Schweinsteiger as one of the greatest players the country has ever produced.He spent 17 seasons at Bayern Munich, playing in exactly 500 matches across all competitions and scoring 68 goals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bastian Schweinsteiger has received more than 7,712,757 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia. Bastian Schweinsteiger is the 426th most popular soccer player (down from 415th in 2019), the 1,613th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,756th in 2019) and the 38th most popular German Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 74

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bastian Schweinsteigers by language

Over the past year Bastian Schweinsteiger has had the most page views in the with 675,109 views, followed by English (575,228), and Spanish (182,031). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Wu Chinese (185.14%), Mazandarani (146.89%), and Kazakh (125.04%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Bastian Schweinsteiger ranks 426 out of 21,273Before him are Haruo Arima, Reino Börjesson, Antonín Puč, Igor Netto, Michiyo Taki, and Philipp Lahm. After him are Juan Sebastián Verón, Masuzo Madono, Oliver Bierhoff, Thiago Alcântara, John Charles, and Marius Trésor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Bastian Schweinsteiger ranks 11Before him are Fernando Torres, Arjen Robben, Wesley Sneijder, LeBron James, Emmanuel Adebayor, and Avril Lavigne. After him are Robinho, Ben Shapiro, Carlos Tevez, Javier Mascherano, Alizée, and Giorgio Chiellini.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Bastian Schweinsteiger ranks 1,613 out of 7,253Before him are Wolf Vostell (1932), Carl Oberg (1897), Erwin Bowien (1899), Franz Ernst Neumann (1798), Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (1921), and Philipp Lahm (1983). After him are Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1736), Franz Xaver Schwarz (1875), Conrad, Margrave of Meissen (1097), Oliver Bierhoff (1968), Eduard Mörike (1804), and Otto Wels (1873).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Bastian Schweinsteiger ranks 38Before him are Helmut Schön (1915), Jürgen Grabowski (1944), Jupp Derwall (1927), Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (1948), Ottmar Walter (1924), and Philipp Lahm (1983). After him are Oliver Bierhoff (1968), Hans-Peter Briegel (1955), Marco Reus (1989), Klaus Fischer (1949), Hans Schäfer (1927), and Max Morlock (1925).