1981 - Today
Christopher Edmund Kirkland (born 2 May 1981) is an English football coach and former professional goalkeeper who is now 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 653,611 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Chris Kirkland is the 12,952nd most popular soccer player (down from 11,593rd in 2019), the 6,841st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,078th in 2019) and the 698th most popular British Soccer Player.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among soccer players, Chris Kirkland ranks 12,952 out of 16,880. Before him are Nicola Leali, Jordan Torunarigha, Shinya Yoshihara, Fin Bartels, André Santos, and Chaker Zouaghi. After him are Mohamed Amine Ben Amor, Kazuki Sato, Anel Hadžić, Christian Vander, Kim Do-heon, and Ashley Barnes.
1993 - Present
HPI: 25.58
Rank: 12,946
1997 - Present
HPI: 25.58
Rank: 12,947
1978 - Present
HPI: 25.58
Rank: 12,948
1987 - Present
HPI: 25.58
Rank: 12,949
1989 - Present
HPI: 25.58
Rank: 12,950
1985 - Present
HPI: 25.57
Rank: 12,951
1981 - Present
HPI: 25.57
Rank: 12,952
1992 - Present
HPI: 25.57
Rank: 12,953
1974 - Present
HPI: 25.56
Rank: 12,954
1989 - Present
HPI: 25.56
Rank: 12,955
1980 - Present
HPI: 25.56
Rank: 12,956
1982 - Present
HPI: 25.56
Rank: 12,957
1989 - Present
HPI: 25.56
Rank: 12,958
Among people born in 1981, Chris Kirkland ranks 1,056. Before him are Julius Malema, Leandro Somoza, David Yelldell, Costin Lazăr, Elvira Khasyanova, and Salim Ghazi Saeedi. After him are Fernandinho, Troy Polamalu, Alex Riley, Huenes Marcelo Lemos, Andreas Linger, and Dado Cavalcanti.
1981 - Present
HPI: 25.63
Rank: 1,050
1981 - Present
HPI: 25.63
Rank: 1,051
1981 - Present
HPI: 25.62
Rank: 1,052
1981 - Present
HPI: 25.61
Rank: 1,053
1981 - Present
HPI: 25.60
Rank: 1,054
1981 - Present
HPI: 25.57
Rank: 1,055
1981 - Present
HPI: 25.57
Rank: 1,056
1981 - Present
HPI: 25.49
Rank: 1,057
1981 - Present
HPI: 25.47
Rank: 1,058
1981 - Present
HPI: 25.47
Rank: 1,059
1981 - Present
HPI: 25.46
Rank: 1,060
1981 - Present
HPI: 25.46
Rank: 1,061
1981 - Present
HPI: 25.44
Rank: 1,062
Among people born in United Kingdom, Chris Kirkland ranks 6,841 out of 7,765. Before him are Yvonne McGregor (1961), Dwight Gayle (1989), Patrick McLoughlin (1957), Jack Scanlon (1998), Tom Walker (1991), and Gareth McAuley (1979). After him are Ashley Barnes (1989), Charlie Austin (1989), Ryan Fraser (1994), Steven Naismith (1986), Graham Alexander (1971), and Brian McDermott (1961).
1961 - Present
HPI: 25.66
Rank: 6,835
1989 - Present
HPI: 25.65
Rank: 6,836
1957 - Present
HPI: 25.63
Rank: 6,837
1998 - Present
HPI: 25.63
Rank: 6,838
1991 - Present
HPI: 25.62
Rank: 6,839
1979 - Present
HPI: 25.61
Rank: 6,840
1981 - Present
HPI: 25.57
Rank: 6,841
1989 - Present
HPI: 25.56
Rank: 6,842
1989 - Present
HPI: 25.55
Rank: 6,843
1994 - Present
HPI: 25.54
Rank: 6,844
1986 - Present
HPI: 25.53
Rank: 6,845
1971 - Present
HPI: 25.52
Rank: 6,846
1961 - Present
HPI: 25.50
Rank: 6,847
Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Chris Kirkland ranks 698. Before him are Kieran Richardson (1984), Lewis Baker (1995), Charlie Nicholas (1961), Martin Kelly (1990), Dwight Gayle (1989), and Gareth McAuley (1979). After him are Ashley Barnes (1989), Charlie Austin (1989), Ryan Fraser (1994), Steven Naismith (1986), Graham Alexander (1971), and Brian McDermott (1961).
1984 - Present
HPI: 25.77
Rank: 692
1995 - Present
HPI: 25.73
Rank: 693
1961 - Present
HPI: 25.71
Rank: 694
1990 - Present
HPI: 25.67
Rank: 695
1989 - Present
HPI: 25.65
Rank: 696
1979 - Present
HPI: 25.61
Rank: 697
1981 - Present
HPI: 25.57
Rank: 698
1989 - Present
HPI: 25.56
Rank: 699
1989 - Present
HPI: 25.55
Rank: 700
1994 - Present
HPI: 25.54
Rank: 701
1986 - Present
HPI: 25.53
Rank: 702
1971 - Present
HPI: 25.52
Rank: 703
1961 - Present
HPI: 25.50
Rank: 704