SOCCER PLAYER

Christopher Samba

1984 - Today

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Veijeany Christopher Samba (born 28 March 1984), known as Christopher Samba, is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. Born in France, he played for the Congo national team. Samba notably played in the Premier League for Blackburn Rovers where he played for five years, notching up 161 league appearances with 16 goals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher Samba has received more than 824,411 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Christopher Samba is the 10,787th most popular soccer player (down from 10,227th in 2019), the 5,945th most popular biography from France (down from 5,509th in 2019) and the 569th most popular French Soccer Player.

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  • 820k

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  • 41.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Christopher Samba ranks 10,787 out of 21,273Before him are Jorge Sánchez, Moussa Maâzou, Luís Leal, Alexandru Chipciu, Xu Yunlong, and Maksim Tsyhalka. After him are Stephy Mavididi, Aya Sameshima, Kaoru Asano, Yuki Soma, Dmitri Khlestov, and Naohiro Ishikawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Christopher Samba ranks 626Before him are Choi Yoon-so, Marcelo Mattos, Brad Guzan, Wilson Bethel, Alexis Norambuena, and Luke Rockhold. After him are Kyriakos Ioannou, Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon, Kisho Yano, Go Soeda, Danka Barteková, and Anna Kikina.

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In France

Among people born in France, Christopher Samba ranks 5,945 out of 6,770Before him are Nassim Akrour (1974), Amandine Leynaud (1986), Hugo Descat (1992), Franck Jurietti (1975), Sara Giraudeau (1985), and Younès Kaboul (1986). After him are François de Rugy (1973), Benjamin Boukpeti (1981), Kadidiatou Diani (1995), Enzo Fernández (1995), Abdelaziz Barrada (1989), and Benjamin Bourigeaud (1994).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In France

Among soccer players born in France, Christopher Samba ranks 569Before him are Anthony Knockaert (1991), Jean-Christophe Bahebeck (1993), David Zurutuza (1986), Nassim Akrour (1974), Franck Jurietti (1975), and Younès Kaboul (1986). After him are Kadidiatou Diani (1995), Enzo Fernández (1995), Abdelaziz Barrada (1989), Benjamin Bourigeaud (1994), Fabrice N'Sakala (1990), and Alfred N'Diaye (1990).