SOCCER PLAYER

Claude Makélélé

1973 - Today

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Claude Makélélé Sinda (born 18 February 1973) is a football manager and former professional player who played as a defensive midfielder. Regarded as one of the greatest defensive midfielders of all time, Makélélé has been credited with redefining the defensive midfield role in English football, especially during the 2004–05 FA Premier League season, where he played a key role in helping Chelsea win the title with 95 points. In homage, the defensive midfield position is sometimes colloquially known as the "Makélélé Role".In his playing career, which ended at Paris Saint-Germain, Makélélé also played for Nantes, Marseille, Celta Vigo, Real Madrid and Chelsea. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claude Makélélé has received more than 3,064,223 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Claude Makélélé is the 837th most popular soccer player (down from 739th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Democratic Republic of the Congo (up from 11th in 2019) and the most popular Congolese Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Claude Makélélé by language

Over the past year Claude Makélélé has had the most page views in the with 421,301 views, followed by French (190,719), and Spanish (110,014). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (277.33%), Southern Azerbaijani (165.68%), and Malagasy (115.93%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Claude Makélélé ranks 837 out of 21,273. Before him are Mauro Camoranesi, Mário Jardel, Kenzo Ohashi, Ferenc Plattkó, Djalminha, and Alberto Festa. After him are Lucien Muller, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Pepe Reina, Trifon Ivanov, Yoshinobu Ishii, and Jørgen Juve.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Claude Makélélé ranks 48. Before him are Andrew Lincoln, Rogério Ceni, Patrick Wilson, Neil Patrick Harris, Xavier Bettel, and Mário Jardel. After him are Akon, Marc Overmars, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Roberto Ayala, Juliette Lewis, and Guillaume Canet.

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In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among people born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Claude Makélélé ranks 9 out of 107. Before him are Laurent-Désiré Kabila (1939), Moïse Tshombe (1919), Denis Mukwege (1955), Félix Tshisekedi (1963), Antoine Gizenga (1925), and Joseph Kabila (1971). After him are Étienne Tshisekedi (1932), Simon Kimbangu (1887), Papa Wemba (1949), Ota Benga (1883), Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya (1939), and Ndaye Mulamba (1948).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among soccer players born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Claude Makélélé ranks 1. After him are Ndaye Mulamba (1948), Kembo Uba Kembo (1947), Steve Mandanda (1985), Mwepu Ilunga (1949), José Bosingwa (1982), Kazadi Mwamba (1947), Mwanza Mukombo (1945), Mavuba Mafuila (1949), Kakoko Etepé (1950), Tubilandu Ndimbi (1948), and Kibonge Mafu (1945).

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