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Brian Clough

1935 - 2004

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Brian Howard Clough ( KLUF; 21 March 1935 – 20 September 2004) was an English football player and manager, primarily known for his successes as a manager with Derby County and Nottingham Forest. He is one of four managers to have won the English league with two different clubs. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest managers of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian Clough has received more than 4,777,776 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Brian Clough is the 382nd most popular soccer player (down from 300th in 2019), the 1,280th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,066th in 2019) and the 18th most popular British Soccer Player.

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  • 57.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Brian Clough ranks 382 out of 16,880Before him are Alain Giresse, Robin van Persie, Hakan Şükür, Wayne Rooney, Claudio Caniggia, and Leopoldo Luque. After him are Shoichi Nishimura, Shiro Azumi, Larbi Benbarek, Sigfried Held, Gyula Lóránt, and Juninho Pernambucano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Brian Clough ranks 84Before him are Terry Riley, Roger B. Chaffee, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Jack Welch, Jack Kemp, and Serge Klarsfeld. After him are David Prowse, Azzedine Alaïa, Sergio Rossi, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Vladislav Volkov, and Dharmendra. Among people deceased in 2004, Brian Clough ranks 68Before him are Nino Manfredi, Marika Rökk, Charles Sweeney, Philippe de Broca, Mercedes McCambridge, and Thanom Kittikachorn. After him are Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, John Charles, Masanori Tokita, Sacha Distel, Russ Meyer, and Jerry Orbach.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Brian Clough ranks 1,280 out of 7,765Before him are Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565), Adrian Smith (1957), Alexander McQueen (1969), William Walton (1902), Wayne Rooney (1985), and Chris Martin (1977). After him are Seal (1963), David Prowse (1935), Sam Mendes (1965), John Newton (1725), Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (1373), and Kate Beckinsale (1973).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Brian Clough ranks 18Before him are Peter Shilton (1949), Jimmy Greaves (1940), Bob Paisley (1919), Ryan Giggs (1973), Gary Lineker (1960), and Wayne Rooney (1985). After him are Steven Gerrard (1980), John Charles (1931), Harry Gregg (1932), Ian Rush (1961), Alan Shearer (1970), and John Toshack (1949).