SOCCER PLAYER

David Healy

1979 - Today

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David Jonathan Healy (born 5 August 1979) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer and now football manager who is in charge at NIFL Premiership club Linfield. A striker, he is the all-time leading scorer for Northern Ireland with 36 goals, and also shared the record for the highest scoring tally during a UEFA European Championship qualifying campaign of 13 goals, shared with Robert Lewandowski, until this was surpassed by Romelu Lukaku. He began his career as a youth team player at Manchester United in 1995, turning professional in 1999, but signed for Preston North End two years later after a short loan spell. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Healy has received more than 18,362 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. David Healy is the 10,501st most popular soccer player (down from 9,427th in 2019), the 6,928th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,351st in 2019) and the 569th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 18k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 33.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of David Healies by language

Over the past year David Healy has had the most page views in the with 7,218 views, followed by Italian (3,002), and Spanish (2,623). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (120.45%), Malagasy (87.19%), and Catalan (48.25%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, David Healy ranks 10,501 out of 21,273. Before him are Fabio Firmani, Marcus Rohdén, Maksym Koval, Anton Ferdinand, Alexis Vega, and Jorge Guagua. After him are Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh, Lautaro Acosta, Daniel Podence, Toninho Cecílio, Badou Ndiaye, and Dennis Gentenaar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, David Healy ranks 726. Before him are Liu Xia, James Heilman, Håvard Klemetsen, Karen David, Lisa Loven Kongsli, and Emil Dimitriev. After him are Jan Hernych, Mariana Klaveno, Slava Medvedenko, Cédric Kanté, Hakimullah Mehsud, and Igor Pavlov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Healy ranks 6,928 out of 8,785. Before him are Lee Ingleby (1976), Raza Jaffrey (1973), Alex Ferns (1968), Steve McMahon (1961), Tuppence Middleton (1987), and Anton Ferdinand (1985). After him are Jessie Cave (1987), Julia Sawalha (1968), Estelle (1980), Anna Calvi (1980), Poppy Morgan (1983), and Beth Orton (1970).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, David Healy ranks 569. Before him are Trevor Steven (1963), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (1997), Callum Hudson-Odoi (2000), Gary Gillespie (1960), Steve McMahon (1961), and Anton Ferdinand (1985). After him are Tom Cleverley (1989), Japhet Tanganga (1999), Raich Carter (1913), Tom Boyd (1965), Darren Bent (1984), and Arthur Albiston (1957).

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