SOCCER PLAYER

Billy Sharp

1986 - Today

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Billy Louis Sharp (born 5 February 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL League Two club Doncaster Rovers. He has played for Sheffield United, Rushden & Diamonds, Scunthorpe United, Southampton, Nottingham Forest, Reading, Doncaster Rovers and Leeds United. On 1 January 2019, Sharp scored his 220th goal and became the leading English born goalscorer in English professional football during the 21st century so far, overtaking the record set by Rickie Lambert. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Billy Sharp has received more than 2,251,020 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Billy Sharp is the 17,318th most popular soccer player (down from 14,664th in 2019), the 7,939th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,058th in 2019) and the 939th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 24.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Billy Sharp ranks 17,318 out of 21,273. Before him are Kotaro Omori, Zinédine Machach, Oday Dabbagh, Takuya Matsuura, Ricardo de Freitas Carreira, and Deon Burton. After him are Daiki Suga, Harry Arter, Charlie Daniels, Viviane Asseyi, Joel Ward, and Tomoyoshi Tsurumi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Billy Sharp ranks 1,385. Before him are Paulo Obradović, Kota Ueda, Christine Day, Leonardo Moreira, Keisuke Iwashita, and Rebecca Ferguson. After him are Charlie Daniels, Bronson Pelletier, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Anjali, Bowe Bergdahl, and Theresa Eslund.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Billy Sharp ranks 7,939 out of 8,785. Before him are Rachel Daly (1991), Katie Boulter (1996), Max Whitlock (1993), Rebecca Ferguson (1986), Deon Burton (1976), and Adam Price (1968). After him are Harry Arter (1989), Charlie Daniels (1986), Joel Ward (1989), Jason Wilcox (1971), Leah Williamson (1997), and James Fox (1976).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Billy Sharp ranks 939. Before him are Carlo Nash (1973), Zat Knight (1980), Jake Livermore (1989), Simon Francis (1985), Rachel Daly (1991), and Deon Burton (1976). After him are Harry Arter (1989), Charlie Daniels (1986), Joel Ward (1989), Jason Wilcox (1971), Leah Williamson (1997), and Christian Dailly (1973).

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