SOCCER PLAYER

Bobby Charlton

1937 - 2023

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Sir Robert Charlton (11 October 1937 – 21 October 2023) was an English professional footballer who played as an attacking-midfielder, left-winger or centre-forward. Widely considered one of the greatest players of all time, he was a member of the England team that won the 1966 FIFA World Cup, the year he also won the Ballon d'Or. He finished second in the Ballon d'Or voting in 1967 and 1968. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bobby Charlton has received more than 7,878,633 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Bobby Charlton is the 17th most popular soccer player (up from 23rd in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 247th in 2019) and the most popular British Soccer Player.

Bobby Charlton is most famous for being a member of the Manchester United team that won the European Cup in 1968. He also played for England and captained the team.

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  • 7.9M

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  • 73.02

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  • 71

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Bobby Charlton ranks 17 out of 21,273. Before him are Eusébio, Mário Zagallo, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, Zico, and Santiago Bernabéu Yeste. After him are Giuseppe Meazza, Michel Platini, George Best, Jairzinho, Koji Tanaka, and Josef Bican.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Bobby Charlton ranks 10. Before him are Valentina Tereshkova, Morgan Freeman, Ridley Scott, Ahmed Yassin, Jack Nicholson, and Dustin Hoffman. After him are Jane Fonda, Queen Sonja of Norway, Martti Ahtisaari, Boris Spassky, Renzo Piano, and Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Among people deceased in 2023, Bobby Charlton ranks 10. Before him are Toto Cutugno, Tina Turner, Gina Lollobrigida, Jeff Beck, Michael Gambon, and Constantine II of Greece. After him are Jane Birkin, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Giorgio Napolitano, Martti Ahtisaari, Kenzaburō Ōe, and Just Fontaine.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bobby Charlton ranks 132 out of 8,785. Before him are Mark Knopfler (1949), Robert Owen (1771), William Gilbert (1544), Roger Moore (1927), Victoria, Princess Royal (1840), and Aldous Huxley (1894). After him are Edward VII (1841), Henry VI of England (1421), William of Ockham (1285), Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830), George IV of the United Kingdom (1762), and Roald Dahl (1916).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Bobby Charlton ranks 1. After him are George Best (1946), Stanley Matthews (1915), David Beckham (1975), Gordon Banks (1937), Bobby Moore (1941), Denis Law (1940), Bobby Robson (1933), Kevin Keegan (1951), Peter Shilton (1949), Kenny Dalglish (1951), and Gary Lineker (1960).

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