SOCCER PLAYER

Christopher Katongo

1982 - Today

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Christopher Katongo (born 31 August 1982) is a Zambian former professional footballer who played as a striker. At international level, he amassed over 100 caps between 2003 and 2016 for the Zambia national team. He is an Africa Cup of Nations winner and won the BBC's African Footballer of the Year award in 2012, winning just over 40% of the public vote. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher Katongo has received more than 195,863 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Christopher Katongo is the 8,459th most popular soccer player (down from 7,221st in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Zambia (down from 17th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Zambian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Christopher Katongos by language

Over the past year Christopher Katongo has had the most page views in the with 29,489 views, followed by French (8,543), and Italian (2,810). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are French (97.25%), Polish (83.83%), and Finnish (49.80%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Christopher Katongo ranks 8,459 out of 21,273. Before him are Przemysław Frankowski, Pedro Barbosa, Dean Saunders, Joe Gomez, Joey Didulica, and Zoltan Sabo. After him are Cheikhou Kouyaté, Angelo Palombo, Shinji Kobayashi, Gustavo Méndez, David Raum, and Jorge Borelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Christopher Katongo ranks 440. Before him are Kate Nauta, Abel Kirui, Derek Muller, Hideaki Takizawa, Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, and Heather Matarazzo. After him are Zach Gilford, Lorie, Robinson Canó, Marko Popović, Han Xiaopeng, and Axel Hirsoux.

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In Zambia

Among people born in Zambia, Christopher Katongo ranks 20 out of 41. Before him are Medardo Joseph Mazombwe (1931), Robert John "Mutt" Lange (1948), Samuel Matete (1968), A. C. Grayling (1949), Patson Daka (1998), and Emmanuel Mayuka (1990). After him are Janny Sikazwe (1979), Guus Til (1997), Jacob Mulenga (1984), Alan Rusbridger (1953), Dambisa Moyo (1969), and Kennedy Mweene (1984).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Zambia

Among soccer players born in Zambia, Christopher Katongo ranks 5. Before him are Godfrey Chitalu (1947), Kalusha Bwalya (1963), Patson Daka (1998), and Emmanuel Mayuka (1990). After him are Guus Til (1997), Jacob Mulenga (1984), Kennedy Mweene (1984), James Chamanga (1980), Felix Katongo (1984), Stoppila Sunzu (1989), and Emmanuel Mbola (1993).

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