SOCCER PLAYER

Denis Irwin

1965 - Today

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Joseph Denis Irwin (born 31 October 1965) is an Irish former professional footballer and sports television presenter. Irwin is the joint most successful Irish footballer in history, a record he shares with Ronnie Whelan and fellow Manchester United stalwart Roy Keane, having won 19 trophies in his career. As a player, he played as a full back from 1983 to 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Denis Irwin has received more than 2,112,935 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Denis Irwin is the 4,819th most popular soccer player (down from 3,060th in 2019), the 294th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 242nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Irish Soccer Player.

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  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Denis Irwin ranks 4,819 out of 21,273Before him are Dmitri Alenichev, Artem Dzyuba, Leonid Slutsky, Manfred Manglitz, Aleksandrs Starkovs, and Joe Spence. After him are Mauk Weber, Cobi Jones, Tomás Rincón, Asier Illarramendi, Sergio Brio, and Friedrich Scherfke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Denis Irwin ranks 367Before him are Wallace Langham, Albert Sánchez Piñol, Georgios Bartzokas, Johnny Ekström, Jessica Hecht, and Dyanna Lauren. After him are Hiroshi Mikitani, Rikishi, Graeme Obree, Aleqa Hammond, Stepan Poltorak, and Luis Islas.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Denis Irwin ranks 294 out of 549Before him are William Stokes (1804), Michael McElhatton (1963), Stephen Gately (1976), Liam O'Flaherty (1896), Albert Reynolds (1932), and Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (1715). After him are Graham Norton (1963), Brian Shawe-Taylor (1915), Mary Proctor (1862), Geraldine Somerville (1967), Michael O'Leary (1961), and Katie McGrath (1983).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ireland

Among soccer players born in Ireland, Denis Irwin ranks 11Before him are Arthur Johnson (1879), Billy Whelan (1935), Liam Brady (1956), John O'Shea (1981), Caoimhín Kelleher (1998), and Tony Dunne (1941). After him are John McKenna (1855), Frank O'Farrell (1927), Johnny Giles (1940), Damien Duff (1979), Johnny Carey (1919), and Shay Given (1976).