SOCCER PLAYER

Darius Vassell

1980 - Today

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Darius Martin Clarke Vassell (born 13 June 1980) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward for Aston Villa, Manchester City, Ankaragücü and Leicester City. Vassell began his career at his home town club Aston Villa in the Premier League, being developed by their academy and making his first team debut in 1998. He was sold for £2 million in 2005 to another Premier League club, Manchester City, staying for four seasons before being released in 2009, moving abroad to Turkey for a season to play for the Süper Lig team Ankaragücü. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Darius Vassell has received more than 878,350 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Darius Vassell is the 11,641st most popular soccer player (down from 10,797th in 2019), the 7,150th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,569th in 2019) and the 639th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 880k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 31.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Darius Vassells by language

Over the past year Darius Vassell has had the most page views in the with 82,413 views, followed by German (4,502), and Russian (3,250). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (206.30%), German (87.90%), and Southern Azerbaijani (72.07%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Darius Vassell ranks 11,641 out of 21,273. Before him are António Lebo Lebo, Jefferson Lerma, Ali Khasif, Takayuki Seto, Yasser Al-Mosailem, and Sergio Álvarez. After him are Christian Pander, Vid Belec, Marcus Bettinelli, Jonathan Ayité, Sanzhar Tursunov, and José Santa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Darius Vassell ranks 817. Before him are Sandro Cardoso dos Santos, Josep Ayala, Fabián Vargas, Christian Cantwell, Adam Scott, and Monica. After him are Fumie Suguri, Aaron Staton, Tyson Kidd, CC Sabathia, Paul Scharner, and Václav Noid Bárta.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Darius Vassell ranks 7,150 out of 8,785. Before him are Alan Davies (1966), Daniel Mays (1978), Ian Botham (1955), Ella Balinska (1996), Gabriel Agbonlahor (1986), and Linda Grant (1951). After him are Marcus Bettinelli (1992), Milind Soman (1965), Hugh Mitchell (1989), Henry Surtees (1991), Harry Winks (1996), and Scarlett Byrne (1990).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Darius Vassell ranks 639. Before him are Benjamin White (1997), Andrew Johnson (1981), Paul McStay (1964), Andy Wilkinson (1984), Ian Botham (1955), and Gabriel Agbonlahor (1986). After him are Marcus Bettinelli (1992), Harry Winks (1996), Kevin Gallacher (1966), Andy King (1988), Sammy Nelson (1949), and Daniel James (1997).

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