SOCCER PLAYER

Chris Kirkland

1981 - Today

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Christopher Edmund Kirkland (born 2 May 1981) is an English football coach and former professional goalkeeper who is the head goalkeeping coach at Colne. As a player, he made 321 league and cup appearances in an 18-year professional career from 1998 to 2016 and won one cap for the English national team in 2006. Kirkland started his career at Coventry City, where he was regarded as one of the country's most promising young goalkeepers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Kirkland has received more than 760,923 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 26 in 2019). Chris Kirkland is the 13,999th most popular soccer player (down from 12,896th in 2019), the 7,490th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,823rd in 2019) and the 746th most popular British Soccer Player.

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  • 760k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Chris Kirkland ranks 13,999 out of 21,273. Before him are Aihen Muñoz, Satoru Suzuki, Nixon Perea, Georgi Milanov, Liviu Antal, and Bartosz Kapustka. After him are Gabriel Achilier, Junior Tallo, Kunio Nagayama, Maximilian Nicu, Karlen Mkrtchyan, and Moharram Navidkia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Chris Kirkland ranks 1,078. Before him are Solveig Gulbrandsen, Kazuyuki Morisaki, Lasha Salukvadze, Lacey Sturm, Sylwia Bogacka, and Shuichi Akai. After him are Stefan Henze, Li Na, Kamasi Washington, Riya Sen, Teun Mulder, and Stephen Warnock.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Chris Kirkland ranks 7,490 out of 8,785. Before him are Brennan Johnson (2001), Trevor Sinclair (1973), Chris Grayling (1962), Simon Davies (1979), Ryan Dolan (1985), and Paul Dickov (1972). After him are Bel Powley (1992), Kyle Lafferty (1987), Luke Donald (1977), Scott Brown (1985), Sean Edwards (1986), and Kevin Campbell (1970).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Chris Kirkland ranks 746. Before him are Anton Hysén (1990), Mark Robins (1969), Brennan Johnson (2001), Trevor Sinclair (1973), Simon Davies (1979), and Paul Dickov (1972). After him are Kyle Lafferty (1987), Scott Brown (1985), Kevin Campbell (1970), Stephen Warnock (1981), Oliver Skipp (2000), and Fraizer Campbell (1987).

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