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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. Rocastle also played for the England national team, in all earning 14 international caps for the Three Lions.Arsène Wenger, who became Arsenal manager four years after Rocastle left the club, has described him as "a modern player, because the revolution of the game has gone on to more technique, and more skill" and as having an "exceptional dimension as a footballer". Rocastle is seen as a universally popular, iconic and legendary figure by many fans of the Gunners. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Rocastle has received more than 1,618,171 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). David Rocastle is the 13,573rd most popular soccer player (down from 11,872nd in 2019), the 7,425th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,696th in 2019) and the 722nd most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 29.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of David Rocastles by language

Over the past year David Rocastle has had the most page views in the with 182,447 views, followed by French (3,500), and Italian (3,048). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (94.59%), Slovenian (81.17%), and Southern Azerbaijani (70.29%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, David Rocastle ranks 13,573 out of 21,273. Before him are Kamel Ghilas, Amel Majri, Máximo Perrone, Simone Scuffet, Miguel Pallardó, and Mansoor Al-Harbi. After him are Terrence Boyd, Lisa Dahlkvist, Junior Dutra, Christopher Lenz, Dan Ndoye, and Sebastian Lletget.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, David Rocastle ranks 877. Before him are Hiroyuki Kiyokawa, Quinn Cummings, Sean Burke, Dana Barros, Lauren Booth, and Alexander Shabalov. After him are Kazuaki Koezuka, Makoto Kitano, Minoru Kushibiki, Naruyuki Naito, Bin Ukishima, and Michael Thomas. Among people deceased in 2001, David Rocastle ranks 369. Before him are Rosemary DeCamp, Richard Chelimo, Waleed al-Shehri, Darshan Ranganathan, Charlotte Coleman, and Toby Wing. After him are Patricia Robertson, Stephen Malcolm, and Nkosi Johnson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Rocastle ranks 7,425 out of 8,785. Before him are Alex Roe (1990), Max Brown (1981), Tom Austen (1987), Darcey Bussell (1969), Sonja Aldén (1977), and Lauren Booth (1967). After him are David Gilbert (1981), Nicholas Lyndhurst (1961), Tony Bellew (1982), Tim Peake (1972), Yasmin Finney (2003), and Andrew-Lee Potts (1979).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, David Rocastle ranks 722. Before him are Will Grigg (1991), Clayton Blackmore (1964), Josh Murphy (1995), Ashley Fletcher (1995), Phil Younghusband (1987), and Steven Fletcher (1987). After him are Gareth McAuley (1979), Carlton Cole (1983), John Blackley (1948), Craig Burley (1971), Nigel Worthington (1961), and Ben Brereton Díaz (1999).

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