SOCCER PLAYER

Dave Kitson

1980 - Today

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David Barry Kitson (born 21 January 1980) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He made 420 appearances in the Premier League and Football League, including 145 for Reading. Kitson began his career with non-league Hitchin Town and Arlesey Town before he joined Cambridge United in 2001 and became one of the brightest prospects in the Third Division, which led to him being signed by Reading in 2003 for a fee of £150,000. He enjoyed great success with Reading, forming a formidable strike partnership with Kevin Doyle as Reading won the Championship title with a record 106 points and gained promotion to the Premier League for the first time in 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dave Kitson has received more than 597,002 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Dave Kitson is the 18,576th most popular soccer player (down from 15,378th in 2019), the 8,198th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,175th in 2019) and the 1,070th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 32.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Dave Kitson ranks 18,576 out of 21,273. Before him are Tatsumi Iida, Kenta Matsuda, Toni Duggan, Lewis Cook, Toshiya Takagi, and Hiroyuki Omata. After him are Tsuyoshi Tanikawa, Leandro Freire de Araújo, Ellyse Perry, Yosuke Kawai, Kosuke Kikuchi, and Diego Maurício.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Dave Kitson ranks 1,358. Before him are Taishi Endo, Reggie Evans, Takeshi Terada, Steven Caldwell, Shugo Kawahara, and André Luíz Baracho. After him are Choi Min-ho, Tsuyoshi Tanikawa, Cornell Glen, Keith Andrews, Hiroshi Otsuki, and Tatsuhiro Nishimoto.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dave Kitson ranks 8,198 out of 8,785. Before him are Danny Guthrie (1987), Jason Brown (1982), Laura Collett (1989), Daz Sampson (1974), Toni Duggan (1991), and Lewis Cook (1997). After him are Tara Sharma (1977), Rebecca Long-Bailey (1979), Bishop Briggs (1992), Clinton Morrison (1979), Scott Dann (1987), and Daryll Neita (1996).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Dave Kitson ranks 1,070. Before him are Eoin Jess (1970), Garry O'Connor (1983), Danny Guthrie (1987), Jason Brown (1982), Toni Duggan (1991), and Lewis Cook (1997). After him are Clinton Morrison (1979), Scott Dann (1987), Connor Roberts (1995), Albert Adomah (1987), Steve Cook (1991), and Earl Barrett (1967).

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