SOCCER PLAYER

Cristian Chivu

1980 - Today

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Cristian Eugen Chivu (Romanian pronunciation: [kristiˈan e.uˈdʒen ˈkivu]; born 26 October 1980) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player who recently acted as the head coach of Inter Milan's under-19 side. A defender, he began his career with hometown club CSM Reșița before moving to FC Universitatea Craiova in 1998, leaving Romania to join Dutch club Ajax a season later. His performances as the captain of Ajax inspired an €18 million transfer to Roma in 2003. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cristian Chivu has received more than 856,524 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Cristian Chivu is the 1,619th most popular soccer player (up from 1,632nd in 2019), the 263rd most popular biography from Romania (up from 277th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Romanian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 860k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Cristian Chivu ranks 1,619 out of 21,273. Before him are Arne Brustad, Antal Szalay, Zequinha, Maxime Bossis, František Veselý, and Bernhard Klodt. After him are Severino Reija, Bryan Robson, Ryuichi Sugiyama, Reinhard Libuda, Paulinho, and Ruy Ramos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Cristian Chivu ranks 40. Before him are Annalena Baerbock, Jordana Brewster, Luís Fabiano, Jesse Jane, Roman Weidenfeller, and Kim Tae-hee. After him are Sami Yusuf, Tomáš Rosický, Emre Belözoğlu, Seydou Keita, Ashley Cole, and Robbie Keane.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Cristian Chivu ranks 263 out of 844. Before him are Constantin von Economo (1876), Dimitrie Sturdza (1833), Kadriye Nurmambet (1933), Miklós Bánffy (1873), Aaron Aaronsohn (1876), and Dan Petrescu (1967). After him are Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino (1832), Emil Racoviță (1868), Nichita Stănescu (1933), Eva Mozes Kor (1934), Natalya Varley (1947), and Margit Kaffka (1880).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Romania

Among soccer players born in Romania, Cristian Chivu ranks 18. Before him are Helmuth Duckadam (1959), Josef Posipal (1927), Miodrag Belodedici (1964), Răzvan Lucescu (1969), István Avar (1905), and Ștefan Barbu (1908). After him are Marius Lăcătuș (1964), Nicolae Kovács (1911), Ștefan Dobay (1909), Adalbert Deșu (1909), Victor Pițurcă (1956), and Nicolae Dobrin (1947).

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