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Dean Smith

1971 - Today

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Dean Smith (born 19 March 1971) is an English professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Major League Soccer club Charlotte FC. Smith began his playing career as a defender with Walsall in 1989, where over the course of five years he played 166 league and cup games. After signing for Hereford United in 1994, three years and 146 appearances later he moved on to Leyton Orient. In six years with Orient he made 309 appearances in all competitions, before earning a move to Sheffield Wednesday in 2003. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dean Smith has received more than 2,073,160 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Dean Smith is the 439th most popular coach (down from 312th in 2019), the 7,039th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,663rd in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Coach.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 32.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dean Smiths by language

Over the past year Dean Smith has had the most page views in the with 220,527 views, followed by Italian (8,599), and Spanish (7,544). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Estonian (86.49%), Simple English (83.93%), and Faroese (55.65%)

Among COACHES

Among coaches, Dean Smith ranks 439 out of 471. Before him are Frank Klopas, Juan Ramón López Muñiz, John Herdman, Markus Baur, Gustavo Morínigo, and Lawrie Sanchez. After him are Quin Snyder, Shuhei Yomoda, Neil Lennon, Steve Cooper, Ian Holloway, and Kazuaki Yoshinaga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Dean Smith ranks 866. Before him are Falko Zandstra, Hans Knauß, Djamel Bouras, Junji Goto, Eric Garcetti, and Daniel J. Bernstein. After him are Hansjörg Jäkle, José Manuel Martínez, Aleksander Delchev, Sonia, Kris Aquino, and Chad Gray.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dean Smith ranks 7,039 out of 8,785. Before him are Alvin Martin (1958), David Narey (1956), Emile Smith Rowe (2000), James Donaldson (1957), Tom Forsyth (1949), and Kedar Williams-Stirling (1994). After him are Sophie McShera (1985), Geoff Hoon (1953), Lucie Silvas (1977), Joel Fry (1983), Mia Rose (1988), and Sarah Harding (1981).

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Among COACHES In United Kingdom

Among coaches born in United Kingdom, Dean Smith ranks 36. Before him are Jill Ellis (1966), Chris Wilder (1967), Dave Brailsford (1964), Colin Clarke (1962), John Herdman (1975), and Lawrie Sanchez (1959). After him are Neil Lennon (1971), Steve Cooper (1979), Ian Holloway (1963), Rob Edwards (1982), Frank Gray (1954), and Paul Clement (1972).

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