SOCCER PLAYER

David Weir

1970 - Today

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David Gillespie Weir (born 10 May 1970) is a Scottish football coach and former professional player who is the technical director of Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion. Born in Falkirk, Weir played as a defender, and began his professional career with his home-town club, Falkirk, after having attended the University of Evansville in the United States. After four seasons with the Bairns, Weir then moved on to Heart of Midlothian where he won the 1998 Scottish Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Weir has received more than 27,615 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). David Weir is the 12,739th most popular soccer player (down from 12,691st in 2019), the 7,307th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,799th in 2019) and the 685th most popular British Soccer Player.

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  • 28k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 30.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, David Weir ranks 12,739 out of 21,273. Before him are Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Danilo Barbosa, Jordy Buijs, Ismael Ruiz, Toni Kallio, and Julio César Yegros. After him are Du Wei, Yuji Hironaga, Pablo Chinchilla, James Chamanga, Kerstin Stegemann, and Edwin Cardona.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, David Weir ranks 960. Before him are Catriona Le May Doan, Tony Vidmar, Jane Goldman, Lukáš Pollert, Kazuhisa Iijima, and Chad Deering. After him are Mike Lapper, Marko Asell, İsmail Küçükkaya, Kazuhisa Irii, Andrew Sean Greer, and Chris Cuomo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Weir ranks 7,307 out of 8,785. Before him are Samuel Barnett (1980), Amber Rose Revah (1986), Connie Talbot (2000), Charlie Spedding (1952), Nathaniel Clyne (1991), and Stephen Barclay (1972). After him are Sam Lowes (1990), James Bay (1990), John Sheridan (1964), Hugh Skinner (1985), Leon Osman (1981), and Anthony Hamilton (1971).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, David Weir ranks 685. Before him are Owen Coyle (1966), Jason Steele (1990), Stephen O'Donnell (1992), Aaron Cresswell (1989), Paul Konchesky (1981), and Nathaniel Clyne (1991). After him are John Sheridan (1964), Leon Osman (1981), Lee Sharpe (1971), Sam Morsy (1991), Jason McAteer (1971), and Michael Olise (2001).

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