SOCCER PLAYER

Carlos Vela

1989 - Today

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Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾ.los ˈβe.la]; born 1 March 1989) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays for Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC. A versatile offensive player, Vela has been deployed as a forward, winger, and attacking midfielder. Vela started his career at Mexican club Guadalajara, where he caught the eye of various European clubs after finishing as the top scorer at the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, eventually joining Premier League club Arsenal that year. After joining Arsenal, he had loan spells at Spanish clubs Salamanca and Osasuna, as well as fellow English club West Bromwich Albion, settling with Real Sociedad in 2011, initially on loan and then permanently the following season. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Vela has received more than 4,737,214 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Vela is the 3,921st most popular soccer player (down from 3,348th in 2019), the 317th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 292nd in 2019) and the 34th most popular Mexican Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 58

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Carlos Vela ranks 3,921 out of 21,273. Before him are Caius Welcker, Kurt Armbruster, Gennadi Gusarov, Johan Devrindt, Romano Fogli, and Patrik Schick. After him are Cemil Turan, Boško Simonović, Cristian Romero, Srđan Mrkušić, Kim Jong-hun, and Eugène Parlier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Carlos Vela ranks 70. Before him are Lily James, Anton Yelchin, Alexandra Stan, Eduardo Vargas, Bebe Rexha, and Ander Herrera. After him are Aleix Vidal, André Ayew, Joe Jonas, Adel Taarabt, Yohan Blake, and Anna Polina.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Carlos Vela ranks 317 out of 729. Before him are Isidoro Sota (1902), Ignacio Trelles (1916), Hirving Lozano (1995), Enriqueta Basilio (1948), Alfredo Hernández (1935), and José Luis González Dávila (1942). After him are John Doeg (1908), José Ángel Gurría (1950), Dulce María (1985), Sergio Obeso Rivera (1931), Alfredo del Águila (1935), and Tomás Boy (1951).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Mexico

Among soccer players born in Mexico, Carlos Vela ranks 34. Before him are Efraín Amézcua (1907), Isidoro Sota (1902), Ignacio Trelles (1916), Hirving Lozano (1995), Alfredo Hernández (1935), and José Luis González Dávila (1942). After him are Alfredo del Águila (1935), Raúl Córdoba (1924), Raymundo Rodríguez (1905), Manuel Lapuente (1944), José Antonio Roca (1928), and Jared Borgetti (1973).

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