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SOCCER PLAYER

David Rocastle

1967 - 2001

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David Carlyle Rocastle (2 May 1967 – 31 March 2001) was an English professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the roles of a playmaker and a winger. He spent the majority of his career at Arsenal where he was nicknamed "Rocky". Rocastle then went on to feature in the Premier League for Leeds United, Manchester City and Chelsea, before playing in the Football League for Norwich City and Hull City and finishing his career in Malaysia with Sabah FA. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Rocastle has received more than 1,698,132 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. David Rocastle is the 11,883rd most popular soccer player (down from 8,859th in 2019), the 6,713th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,721st in 2019) and the 641st most popular British Soccer Player.

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  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 27.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, David Rocastle ranks 11,883 out of 16,880. Before him are Alexander Ring, Łukasz Garguła, Cristian Pasquato, Hwang Seok-ho, Hélder Costa, and José María Movilla. After him are Diego Rico, Ashley Williams, Réginal Goreux, Anton Putsila, Yasuo Manaka, and Masahiro Miyashita.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, David Rocastle ranks 757. Before him are Minoru Kushibiki, Hitoshi Morishita, Stacey King, Angel Martino, John Harkes, and Tim Flowers. After him are Jeff Tweedy, Lauren Booth, Carling Bassett-Seguso, Matt Bevin, Michael Thomas, and Corina Crețu. Among people deceased in 2001, David Rocastle ranks 310. Before him are Richard Chelimo, Frankie Carle, Waleed al-Shehri, Charlotte Coleman, Tony Miles, and Patricia Robertson. After him is Nkosi Johnson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Rocastle ranks 6,713 out of 7,765. Before him are Sonja Aldén (1977), Trevor Sinclair (1973), Jess Wade (1988), Nikki Cross (1989), Nadine Coyle (1985), and Tim Flowers (1967). After him are Ashley Williams (1984), Jimi Mistry (1973), Steve Coast (1980), Fraizer Campbell (1987), Neville (1986), and Steven Tweed (1972).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, David Rocastle ranks 641. Before him are Ian Botham (1955), Kenny Miller (1979), John Ruddy (1986), Jimmy Bullard (1978), Trevor Sinclair (1973), and Tim Flowers (1967). After him are Ashley Williams (1984), Fraizer Campbell (1987), Steven Tweed (1972), Callum Wilson (1992), Sam Johnstone (1993), and Joe Ledley (1987).

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