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Bhaichung Bhutia

1976 - Today

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Bhaichung Bhutia (born 15 December 1976), also spelled as Baichung Bhutia, is an Indian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Bhutia is considered as the torchbearer of Indian football in the international arena. He is often nicknamed the Sikkimese Sniper because of his shooting skills in football. Three-time Indian Player of the Year I. M. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bhaichung Bhutia has received more than 1,441,310 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Bhaichung Bhutia is the 9,314th most popular soccer player (down from 8,219th in 2019), the 1,195th most popular biography from India (down from 1,001st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bhaichung Bhutias by language

Over the past year Bhaichung Bhutia has had the most page views in the with 218,759 views, followed by Hindi (15,469), and Japanese (2,908). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Kannada (183.74%), Malagasy (93.62%), and Egyptian Arabic (89.24%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Bhaichung Bhutia ranks 9,314 out of 21,273. Before him are Kim Shin-wook, Abdulaziz Hatem, Geovanni, Franco Cervi, Alcides Araújo Alves, and Aldo Junior Simoncini. After him are Bentinho, Yoshimar Yotún, Gonzalo Bergessio, François Clerc, Nuno Frechaut, and Leonardo Bittencourt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Bhaichung Bhutia ranks 620. Before him are Mustafa Doğan, Josh Ritter, Pavel Mareš, Agustín Calleri, Mirosław Szymkowiak, and Christopher Tin. After him are Laura Montalvo, Tawny Cypress, Victor J. Glover, Ahmed Dokhi, David Di Michele, and Eduardo Bustos Montoya.

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In India

Among people born in India, Bhaichung Bhutia ranks 1,195 out of 1,861. Before him are Mohammad Azharuddin (1963), Anil Kumble (1970), Manoj Bajpayee (1969), Esha Deol (1981), Hariharan (1955), and Suhasini Maniratnam (1961). After him are Kiran Rao (1973), Rohini Hattangadi (1955), Archana Puran Singh (1962), Arshad Warsi (1968), Soumya Swaminathan (1959), and Padma Bandopadhyay (1944).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In India

Among soccer players born in India, Bhaichung Bhutia ranks 3. Before him are Sunil Chhetri (1984), and Harold Walden (1887). After him are Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (1992), Jeje Lalpekhlua (1991), Sandesh Jhingan (1993), Anirudh Thapa (1998), and Pritam Kotal (1993).

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